EVENING  晚上夕

PERIOD of DAY BEFORE one SLEEPS AND LATER:after one STOPS WORKING.
NIGHTLATE AFTERNOONEND OF DAYCLOSE OF DAYTWILIGHTDUSKNIGHTFALLSUNSETSUNDOWNLITERARY EVEEVENTIDEEVENFALLGLOAMING
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.
    See also
    • NIGHTPART of DAY when it is COMPLETELY DARK AND when one SLEEPS.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general word for the evening is xì 夕 (ant. zhāo 朝 "morning"), and the term refers to the period when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has just gone down.

      2. Huì 晦 (ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions.

      3. Wǎn 晚 can refer to the evening from Han times onwards.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      ASTRONOMY 29.

      夕，太陽西斜時。夕後是 “ 暮 ” 。

      暮後是 “ 昏 ” ，即黃昏。

      夜，狹義只指由人定（晚八、九點）至翌日雞鳴前五、六小時。

      晚，本遲緩義，漢代起可渾稱夜晚。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      傍晚 / 黃昏

      晚上

      夜晚

      晚間

      夜裡

      夜間

      晚

      夜

      夜幕

      夜來

      宵

      夕

      華燈初升

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      暮  mù OC: maaɡs MC: muo̝
      莫  mò OC: maaɡ MC: mɑk 18 AttributionsWD

      Huì 晦(ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions.

        Word relations
      • Oppos: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。

        Syntactic words
      • nabtimedusk, nightfall
      • nadNevening-, dinner-time-
      • nadSin the evening; in the evenings
      • nadVtimein the evening; in the eveningsDS
      • npost-Nin the evening; from the evening onwards
      • vibe late in the dayCH
      夕  xī OC: sɢlaɡ MC: ziɛk 16 AttributionsWD

      The current general word for the evening is xì 夕 (ant. zhāo 朝 "morning"), and the term refers to the period when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has just gone down.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。
      • Oppos: 旦/MORNING
      • Oppos: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。

        Syntactic words
      • ndusk, very late afternoon and evening before one goes to sleep
      • n[adN]time of the evening
      • nadNbelonging to the evening; arising in the evening
      • nadVtimeat dusk; in the evening; in the evenings
      • vichangebecome evening-like 日夕
      夜  yè OC: k-laɡs MC: jɣɛ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nnightfall; evening
      • nadVin the evening; that eveningCH
      旰  gàn OC: kaans MC: kɑn 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVin the late evening; late
      • viprocessbecome late evening
      晦  huì OC: hmɯɯs MC: huo̝i 1 AttributionWD

      Huì 晦(ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions.

        Syntactic words
      • nnighttime, evening
      晚  wǎn OC: monʔ MC: mi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • ndusk[??Could that not also be interpreted as vi; see examples below][CA]
      • nadNevening-
      • nadVin the eventing
      日昃  rì zè OC: mljiɡ tsrɯɡ MC: ȵit ʈʂɨk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabtimelate afternoon and evening
      日暮  rì mù OC: mljiɡ maaɡs MC: ȵit muo̝ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabtimeevening
      薄暮  báo mù OC: baaɡ maaɡs MC: bɑk muo̝ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVtowards the evening
      逮日  dài rì OC: ɡ-lɯɯds mljiɡ MC: dəi ȵit 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPsundown
      昔  xī OC: sqaɡ MC: siɛk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nevening [loan for 夕, one suspects, CHECK]
      晼  wǎn OC: qonʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viprocessbecome evening; become dark; (sun) go down
      暝  míng OC: meeŋ MC: meŋ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • ndusk
      • vichangebecome dusk
      今夕  jīn xī OC: krɯm sɢlaɡ MC: kim ziɛk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPOBI 4: tonight

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