Chinese symbol for “vespers”
晚祷
wǎn dǎo
Traditional: 晚禱
evening prayer; evensong; vespers
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vespers is 晚祷 (wǎn dǎo), defined as: evening prayer; evensong; vespers.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晚祷.
| 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 |
| 祈祷 (祈禱) | qí dǎo | to pray; to say a prayer |
| 祷告 (禱告) | dǎo gào | to pray; prayer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vespers”.
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.