Chinese symbol for “soiree”

晚宴

wǎn yàn

banquet; dinner party; soiree

The closest CC-CEDICT match for soiree is 晚宴 (wǎn yàn), defined as: banquet; dinner party; soiree.

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Characters and stroke order

晚 wǎn

night, evening; late

radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes

宴 yàn

banquet, feast; to entertain

radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晚宴.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
晚上	wǎn shang	evening; night
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
宴会 (宴會)	yàn huì	banquet; feast
盛宴	shèng yàn	feast

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.