傍晚 (bàng wǎn) — dusk, evening (around sunset) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

傍晚 is 'dusk' — the time around sunset, more specific than 晚上 ('evening' in general). 夜晚 is the full night after dark; 黄昏 is a more literary near-synonym.

noun

duskevening (around sunset)

Examples

傍晚，。
bàng wǎn De shí hou, wǒ men qù hé biān sàn bù.
At dusk, we go for a walk by the river.
傍晚，。
Wǒ xǐ huan bàng wǎn de wēi fēng, hěn shū fu.
I like the gentle breeze at dusk, it's very pleasant.
傍晚，？
bàng wǎn De jǐng sè tè bié měi, nǐ kàn dào le ma?
The dusk scenery is especially beautiful — did you see it?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

晚wǎnevening

傍 means near, and 晚 means evening; together they name the time near evening.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻旁傍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

旁

旁páng傍bàng

Same sound today

In 傍, the left side 亻 is the person radical, and the right side 旁 gives the pronunciation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

日免晚

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

免

免miǎn晚wǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

晚 pairs 日, the sun part, with 免, which supplies the sound.

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