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wǎn

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wǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎn | wan3
English translation
evening
night
late
night, evening; late

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About wǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

wǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time morpheme / 时语素 Shí yǔsù

Learning hint

Avoiding  miǎn the sun  miǎn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of wǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

日免

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and miǎn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wǎn

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那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 的确 díquè shì chī le tài duō xiāng 咖喱 gā lí le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

安妮 Ān nī 昨晚 zuó wǎn zuò le 奇特 qí tè de mèng .

Annie dreamed an extraordinary dream last night.

由于 yóuyú 湿度 shī dù Gāo ,今晚 jīn wǎn 屋子 wūzi 舒服 shūfu .

The house is not comfortable tonight because of the high humidity.

hāi , 琪妮, ” shuì , “ 今天 jīntiān 晚上 wǎnshang 有事 yǒu shì ?

" Hi, Ginny, " he said, " you busy tonight?

晚安 wǎn ān -- Zhù zuò hǎo mèng !

Good night -- sweet dreams!

Words with wǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
晚上 wǎnshang evening晚上 wǎnshang
今晚 jīn wǎn tonight今晚 jīn wǎn
wǎn evening wǎn
昨晚 zuó wǎn last night昨晚 zuó wǎn
晚安 wǎn ān Good night!晚安 wǎn ān
晚餐 wǎn cān dinner晚餐 wǎn cān
晚饭 wǎn fàn dinner晚飯
夜晚 yè wǎn night夜晚 yè wǎn
晚会 wǎn huì evening party晚會
当晚 dāng wǎn on that evening當晚
晚点 wǎn diǎn delayed晚點
傍晚 bàngwǎn in the evening傍晚 bàngwǎn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening早晚 zǎo wǎn
晚宴 wǎn yàn banquet晚宴 wǎn yàn
晚间 wǎn jiān evening晚間
晚期 wǎn qī later period晚期 wǎn qī
晚报 wǎn bào evening newspaper晚報
晚年 wǎn nián one's later years晚年 wǎn nián
一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn
晚辈 wǎn bèi the younger generation晚輩
晚礼服 wǎn lǐ fú evening dress晚禮服
北京晚报 Běi jīng Wǎn bào Beijing Evening News北京晚報
晚霞 wǎn xiá sunset glow晚霞 wǎn xiá

wǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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wǎn Decomposition

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