AFTERNOON  下午

PERIOD LATE IN-RELATION-TO MID-DAY AND BEFORE EVENING. 
Antonym
  • MORNINGPERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER SUNRISE, BEFORE MIDDAY.
    Hypernym
    • PERIODTIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS.
      • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

      1. The general term for the afternoon, already attested in OBI, is zè 昃.

      [GENERAL]

      2. Bū 晡 refers to the time of the afternoon meal bū 餔, and is a rare word that is first current in HANSHU.

      [SPECIFIC]

      3. Hūn 昏 refers to the time when dusk has set in properly, but before it is dark, i.e. "dusk".

      [SPECIFIC]

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      下午

      午後

      下半天

      後半天

      下半晌

      後半晌

      後晌

      過晌

      晚半天兒

      晚半晌

      日仄 (obs)

      日側 (lit)

      first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/

      Words

      昏  hūn OC: hmuun MC: huo̝n 11 AttributionsWD

      Hūn 昏 refers to the time when dusk has set in properly. [SPECIFIC]

        Syntactic words
      • nabdusk; nightfall
      • nadSat dusk
      • nadVCH
      昃  zè OC: tsrɯɡ MC: ʈʂɨk 1 AttributionWD

      The general term for the afternoon, already attested in OBI, is zè 昃. [GENERAL]

        Syntactic words
      • nOBI: afternoon
      • nadSin the afternoon
      晡  bū OC: paa MC: puo̝ 0 AttributionsWD

      Bū 晡 refers to the time of the afternoon meal bū 餔, and is a rare word that is first current in HANSHU. [SPECIFIC]

        Syntactic words
      • nHN, HANSHU 神女賦: latter part of the afternoon, 3-5 o'clock 晡時
      曛  xūn OC: qhun MC: hi̯un 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadSrare, WENXUAN: at dusk
      兮  xī OC: ɢee MC: ɦei 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadSIn the early afternoon

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