LATE 晚後／晏
TIME when some OTHER TIME has ALREADY HAPPENED:passed, or when something SHOULD ALREADY have HAPPENED.
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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.
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.
晚
深 refers to a time late at night.
晏 refers to an arrangement being made for late at night.
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Words
後 hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 41 AttributionsWD
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 AttributionsWD
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.
- Word relations
- Ant: 早 / 蚤/TIMELY
- Epithet: 世/PERIOD
- 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 AttributionsWD
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 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt0oN.adSafter the time N, then S
無及 wú jí OC: ma ɡrɯb MC: mi̯o gip 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPi0it is too late
後時 hòu shí OC: ɡooʔ ɡljɯ MC: ɦu dʑɨ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSat a later time >afterwards
殿 diàn OC: dɯɯns MC: den 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- viactcome last
後世 hòu shì MC: huwX -- OC: ɡooʔ lʰebsCH 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVin later timesCH
久 jiǔ OC: klɯʔ MC: kɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativedelay (a contextually determinate object)
來 lái OC: m-rɯɯ MC: ləi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtpostNcoming from> since N
期 qī OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)make a delay, deal with the matter/a person not immediately but with some delay
過 guò OC: klools MC: kʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoN.adVlater than N
遲 chí OC: rlil MC: ɖi 1 AttributionWD
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
遲晚 chí wǎn OC: rlil monʔ MC: ɖi mi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadNgradedlater
既後 jì hòu OC: kɯds ɡooʔ MC: kɨi ɦu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PP{DISCONT}adSAfter x
經歷日月 jīng lì rì yuè OC: keeŋ reeɡ mljiɡ ŋod MC: keŋ lek ȵit ŋi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSafter a long while
季 jì MC: kjwijH OC: kʷidsCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nadNlate (as in 季秋 late autumn)CH
他 tā tuō MC: -- OC: lʰaalCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npro.adNlaterCH
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- npro.adNlaterCH
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