LATE    晚後／晏

TIME when some OTHER TIME has ALREADY HAPPENED:passed, or when something SHOULD ALREADY have HAPPENED.
BEHIND SCHEDULEBEHIND TIMEBEHINDHANDTARDYRUNNING LATEOVERDUEBELATEDDELAYEDFOLLOWINGSUBSEQUENT TOAT THE CLOSE/END OFIN THE WAKE OFFORMAL POSTERIOR TO
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for lateness is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "earlier"), and this word refers to anything that comes later in time than something else. 2. Yàn 晏 (ant. zǎo 早 "early") refers to a time later that what is acceptable. 3. Wǎn 晚 (ant. zǎo 早 "early") can refer a point in time much later than presupposed, or a time much later than the previous event. 4. Chí 遲 (ant. zǎo 早 "early") refers to a failure to make the speed required of one.
Modern Chinese Criteria
遲 晚 深 refers to a time late at night. 晏 refers to an arrangement being made for late at night.
Antonym
  • AS SOON ASIMMEDIATELY WHEN.
  • EARLYTIME PERIOD SOMETHING has NOT-YET HAPPENED
See also
  • EVENINGPERIOD of DAY BEFORE one SLEEPS AND LATER:after one STOPS WORKING.
Hypernym
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 707

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.17

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 357

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 87

  • Divisiones quae vulgo dicuntur Aristoteleae ( DIVISIONES 1906) p. B 65

    • Words (19 items)

    後  hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 42 Attributions

    The current general word for lateness is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "earlier"), and this word refers to anything that comes later in time than something else.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 前/EARLY
    • Epithet: 世/GENERATION The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.
    • Assoc: 世/GENERATION The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactlateness, being too late
    • nadNgraded: ensuing, later (generations, times etc)
    • nadNfigurativelater in one's textCH
    • nadS1.post-S2(then) later
    • nadV1.post-V2afterwardsCH
    • nadVgradedtoo late, later than expected; later　後至
    • npost-.N ZHI:adSafter
    • npost-S1.adS2after S1, S2
    • npost-S1.adS2after S thenCH
    • viactfall behind; be later than expected
    • vigradedbe too late; be later than expected
    • vt0oN.adSlater by the time N
    • vt[oN]arrive later than othersLZ
    • vtoNbe late for (an event); be later than
    晚  wǎn OC: monʔ MC: mi̯ɐn 15 Attributions

    Wǎn 晚 (ant. zǎo 早"early") can refer a point in time much later than presupposed, or a time much later than the previous event.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactacting too late
    • vadNlatter, closer to the present, close to the present; later
    • vadVafter a very long time; late in the day, later rather than earlier
    • vadVnegativetoo late (to be of any purpose)
    • vibe late in the day
    • vigradedbe too late; be late; [ > be overdue]
    晏  yàn OC: qraans MC: ʔɣan 11 Attributions

    Yàn 晏 (ant. zǎo 早"early") refers to a time later that what is acceptable.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 早 / 蚤/EARLY The current word for early, referring both to periods in one's life and time in the year or the day, is zǎo 早 (ant. wǎn 晚 "late"), but the word often specifically means "too early".

      Syntactic words
    • vadVlate; late in the evening
    • vadVnegativelater than acceptable, too late
    • vi0adN(the time) when it is late
    • viactcome later than expected, be late
    卻後  què hòu OC: khaɡ ɡooʔ MC: khi̯ɐk ɦu 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt0oN.adSafter the time N, then S
    無及  wú jí OC: ma ɡrɯb MC: mi̯o gip 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPi0it is too late
    後時  hòu shí OC: ɡooʔ ɡljɯ MC: ɦu dʑɨ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSat a later time >afterwards
    後世  hòu shì MC: huwX -- OC: ɡooʔ lʰebs 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVin later timesCH
    殿  diàn OC: dɯɯns MC: den 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactcome last
    過  guò OC: klools MC: kʷɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.adVlater than N
    遲  chí OC: rlil MC: ɖi 1 Attribution

    Chí 遲 (ant. zǎo 早"early") refers to a failure to make the speed required of one.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVtoo late
    • vibe too slow so as to be late
    • vtoNputativeregard somebody/something as being too slow and too late
    既後  jì hòu OC: kɯds ɡooʔ MC: kɨi ɦu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PP{DISCONT}adSAfter x
    久  jiǔ OC: klɯʔ MC: kɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativedelay (a contextually determinate object)
    他  tā tuō MC: -- OC: lʰaal 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npro.adNlaterCH
    來  lái OC: m-rɯɯ MC: ləi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtpostNcoming from> since N
    季  jì MC: kjwijH OC: kʷids 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNlate (as in 季秋 late autumn)CH
    遲晚  chí wǎn OC: rlil monʔ MC: ɖi mi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNgradedlater
    期  qī OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)make a delay, deal with the matter/a person not immediately but with some delay
    經歷日月  jīng lì rì yuè OC: keeŋ reeɡ mljiɡ ŋod MC: keŋ lek ȵit ŋi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSafter a long while
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      Syntactic words
    • npro.adNlaterCH