Chinese symbol for “evening”
晚上
wǎn shang
evening; night; 个 (gè); in the evening
The closest CC-CEDICT match for evening is 晚上 (wǎn shang), defined as: evening; night; 个 (gè); in the evening.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “evening”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night |
| 晚间 (晚間) | wǎn jiān | evening; night |
| 暮 | mù | evening; sunset |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 夕 | xī | (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晚上.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今晚 | jīn wǎn | tonight |
| 昨晚 | zuó wǎn | yesterday evening; last night |
| 晚安 | wǎn ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 晚间 (晚間) | wǎn jiān | evening; night |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | to add; plus; in addition; moreover |
See also: Japanese symbol for “evening”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.