Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 晚

evening
night
late

evening show (at theater etc)

tonight

the same evening

evening party
CL:個／个 (gè)

evening meal
dinner
supper
CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì),餐 (cān)

sunset glow
sunset clouds
afterglow

most recent in the past
recent
late
recently

nowadays

previous night

the late Qing
late 19th and early 20th century China

night train

evening
night

evening
night
CL:個／个 (gè)
in the evening

to return late; to come home late

(of trains etc) late
delayed
behind schedule
light dinner

evening meal
dinner
CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì)

night
CL:個／个 (gè)

night shift

on that evening

yesterday evening
last night

evening newspaper
(in a newspaper's name) Evening News

evening scene
circumstances of one's declining years

later period
end stage
terminal

one's later years

the younger generation
those who come after

morning and evening
(dialect) some time in the future; some day

late childbirth
to have a child at a later age

evening

I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)

tomorrow evening

evening prayer
evensong
vespers

abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會／春节联欢晚会 ( Chūnjié Liánhuān Wǎnhuì)

in the evening
when night falls
towards evening
at night fall
at dusk

Good night!
Good evening!

banquet
dinner party
soiree

then it's too late (colloquial)

Good evening!

Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960

evening dress

when?

Aiwan Pavilion, on Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot

wéishíbùwǎn

it is not too late (idiom)

wéishíyǐwǎn

already too late

shíjīnghènwǎn

It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner

yóuwèiwéiwǎn

it is not too late (idiom)

rúhuǒwǎnxiá

clouds at sunset glowing like fire

huǐzhīyǐwǎn

too late to be sorry

xiāngjiànhènwǎn

to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.
It feels like we have known each other all along.

zuìhòuwǎncān

the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story)

Běijīng Wǎnbào

Beijing Evening News

wǎnqī'áizhèng

terminal cancer

wéishíwèiwǎn

it is not too late (idiom)

Fǎzhì Wǎnbào

Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019

late afternoon

Xīnmín Wǎnbào

Xinmin Evening News

now
at this time
this late

dàqìwǎnchéng

lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
Rome wasn't built in a day

zǎochūwǎnguī

to leave early and return late (idiom)

yītiāndàowǎn

all day long; the whole day

cóngzǎodàowǎn

from morning till night
from dawn to dusk
all day long

wǎnhūnwǎnyù

to marry and give birth late

hǎofànbùpàwǎn

好饭不怕晚

[好飯不怕晚]

the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
the good things in life are worth waiting for

Zuìhòude Wǎncān

最后的晚餐

[最後的晚餐]

the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)

Chūnjié Liánhuān Wǎnhuì

春节联欢晚会

[春節聯歡晚會]

CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special
abbr. to 春晚 ( Chūn Wǎn)

Chūnfēng Shēnzuìde Wǎnshang

春风深醉的晚上

[春風深醉的晚上]

Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫／郁达夫 ( Yù Dáfū)

jūnzibàochóu,shíniánbùwǎn

君子报仇，十年不晚

[君子報仇，十年不晚]

lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
fig. revenge is a dish best served cold

chǒuxífùzǎowǎnyěděijiàngōngpó

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

[醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆]

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
fig. it's not something you can avoid forever