Chinese word

当晚

Pronunciation

Pinyindàng wǎn

Meaning

  • adverbthat night

Example

当晚我没睡觉。dàng wǎn wǒ méi shuì jiào

That night, I didn't sleep.

Illustration for 当晚 (that night)

More examples

公司决定当晚举行大会。gōng sī jué dìng dàng wǎn jǔ xíng dà huì

The company decided to hold a conference that night.

Core concept

Marks one specific evening as the time when a story's event takes place.

Common phrases

  • 当晚出发dàng wǎn chū fā

    depart that night

  • 当晚举行dàng wǎn jǔ xíng

    hold that night

  • 当晚宣布dàng wǎn xuān bù

    announce that night

Similar words

那晚nà wǎn: Refers to one specific night in the past when an event took place.
那天晚上nà tiān wǎn shàng: Refers to the evening time of a particular day.
昨晚zuó wǎn: Refers to the night before the current day.
前晚qián wǎn: Refers to the night two days before the current day.

Definition in Chinese

指在叙述中确定的那一晚的时间点，常与过去发生的事件连用，作为时间副词使用。zhǐ zài xù shù zhōng què dìng de nà yì wǎn de shí jiān diǎn cháng yǔ guò qù fā shēng de shì jiàn lián yòng zuò wéi shí jiān fù cí shǐ yòng

Word origin

当 (dāng, "the specified") + 晚 (wǎn, "evening") forms a time expression for the particular evening already identified in the context.

Usage tips

  • As a time adverb, it commonly comes before the subject in a narrative, setting the time frame before the event is described.

Other meanings

  • that eveningadverb

Opposites

  • 翌晚yì wǎnthe following eveningadverb

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