(zuó wǎn) - last night, yesterday evening in Mandarin
zuówǎnTraditional: 昨晚
Translation
last night, yesterday evening
Word origin
A two-character compound meaning last night. 昨 (zuó) means the past day, a phono-semantic compound of the 日 (sun) radical with 乍 (zhà) as the phonetic. 晚 (wǎn) means evening or late and is likewise built on the 日 (sun) radical with 免 (miǎn) as the phonetic. Together they name the previous evening, a compressed form of 昨天晚上.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 昨 (zuó, past day; 日 sun + 乍 phonetic) + 晚 (wǎn, evening; 日 sun + 免 phonetic)
Stroke order
昨
晚
Examples
。
I slept very well last night.
。
Something strange happened last night.
？
Where did you go last night?
。
I had a strange dream last night.
昨晚 (zuó wǎn) is a concise compound meaning last night or yesterday evening. 昨 means yesterday and 晚 means evening or late. It is a more compressed form of 昨天晚上 (zuó tiān wǎn shàng), which carries the same meaning but spells out both day and time of day. 昨晚 is common in both speech and writing when referring to the previous evening. Its counterpart for today's evening is 今晚 (jīn wǎn) and for tomorrow evening 明晚 (míng wǎn).
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 queueThis word is part of lesson 13.