晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 晚餐 wǎn cān evening meal / dinner / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] syn 祈祷 祈禱 qí dǎo to pray / to say a prayer syn 晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal / dinner / supper / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] syn 晚会 晚會 wǎn huì evening party / CL:個|个[ge4] 礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn 当晚 當晚 dàng wǎn the same evening syn 祷告 禱告 dǎo gào to pray / prayer syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 打烊 dǎ yàng to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2] syn 晚礼服 晚禮服 wǎn lǐ fú evening dress 黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk / evening / nightfall syn 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 晚报 晚報 wǎn bào evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News 合十 hé shí to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) 念珠 niàn zhū prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:串[chuan4] syn 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn 晚风 晚風 wǎn fēng evening breeze syn 默祷 默禱 mò dǎo silent prayer / pray in silence 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight syn 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn 当晚 當晚 dāng wǎn on that evening syn 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 默念 mò niàn to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly 北京晚报 北京晚報 běi jīng wǎn bào Beijing Evening News 新民晚报 新民晚報 xīn mín wǎn bào Xinmin Evening News 合掌 hé zhǎng to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer) 晚上好 wǎn shàng hǎo Good evening! 华灯初上 華燈初上 huá dēng chū shàng early evening when lanterns are first lit 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 长跪 長跪 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) syn 暮霭 暮靄 mù ǎi evening mist syn 晚景 wǎn jǐng evening scene / circumstances of one's declining years syn 暮气 暮氣 mù qì evening mist / fig. declining spirits / lethargy 晚 wǎn evening / night / late syn 今夜 jīn yè tonight / this evening 夕 xī dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 暮 mù evening / sunset syn 祷 禱 dǎo prayer / pray / supplication syn 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 晚场 晚場 wǎn chǎng evening show (at theater etc) 哺 餔 bū to eat / evening meal syn 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 晨钟暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) / fig. encouragement to study or progress 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 肉蒲团 肉蒲團 ròu pú tuán The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3] 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 汐 xī night tides / evening ebbtide / Taiwan pr. [xi4] syn 旰 gàn sunset / evening 巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 昏定晨省 hūn dìng chén xǐng seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty) 晨昏定省 chén hūn dìng xǐng morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] 朝不虑夕 朝不慮夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth 朝闻夕改 朝聞夕改 zhāo wén xī gǎi lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom) 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 业余教育 業餘教育 yè yú jiào yù spare-time education / evening classes 良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom) 朝饔夕飧 zhāo yōng xī sūn lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom) / fig. to do nothing but eat and drink 早C晚A zǎo - C wǎn - A (skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening 主祷文 主禱文 zhǔ dǎo wén Lord's Prayer 禂 dǎo to pray / prayer 数珠 數珠 shù zhū rosary / prayer beads 数珠念佛 數珠念佛 shǔ zhū niàn fó to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom) 朝珠 cháo zhū court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads) 焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God 跪毯 guì tǎn a prayer mat / a carpet for kneeling 跪祷 跪禱 guì dǎo to kneel in prayer 世界和平祈祷会 世界和平祈禱會 World Peace Prayer Society 主麻 zhǔ má (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week 合手 hé shǒu to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use) 槵子 huàn zǐ fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads) 玫瑰念珠 méi gui niàn zhū rosary (Catholic prayer beads) 经幡 經幡 jīng fān Tibetan prayer flag 风马旗 風馬旗 fēng mǎ qí Tibetan prayer flag 佛珠 fó zhū Buddhist prayer beads syn 祈愿 祈願 qí yuàn to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish syn 向暮 xiàng mù towards evening 夜大学 夜大學 yè dà xué evening college 夜招待酒会 夜招待酒會 yè zhāo dài jiǔ huì evening cocktail reception 待宵草 dài xiāo cǎo evening primrose 暮景 mù jǐng an evening scene / fig. one's old age 朝露暮霭 朝露暮靄 zhāo lù mù ǎi morning dew, evening mist (idiom) / ephemeral / impermanent 沆瀣 hàng xiè (literary) evening mist 薄暗 bó àn at dusk / evening 晚晌 wǎn shǎng evening 夜大 yè dà evening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学[ye4 da4 xue2]) 夜间部 夜間部 yè jiān bù (Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school 夕发朝至 夕發朝至 xī fā zhāo zhì to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning / overnight (train) 明晚 míng wǎn tomorrow evening syn 大夜 dà yè the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk 小夜 xiǎo yè the first half of the night / evening (cf. 大夜[da4ye4], early morning) 