(jīn wǎn) - tonight, this evening in Mandarin
jīnwǎnTraditional: 今晚
Translation
tonight, this evening
Word origin
今晚 means 'tonight': 今 (jīn, 'now, present') plus 晚 (wǎn, 'evening', a phono-semantic compound of 日 the sun radical and 免 miǎn as phonetic).
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 今 (jīn, now) + 晚 (wǎn, evening: 日 sun + 免 phonetic)
Stroke order
今
晚
Examples
？
Are you free tonight?
。
Tonight we eat together.
。
The weather is nice tonight.
。
Tonight I am going to bed early.
。
There is a football match tonight.
今晚 (jīn wǎn) means tonight, this evening. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(1)Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueMandarin · Free printables
今晚: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "今晚" (tonight, this evening): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 6.