当晚 (dàng wǎn) — that evening, that very evening

Definition

当晚 (dàng wǎn) means 'that same evening' — it refers specifically to the evening of a day already mentioned in context. It differs from 当天/当日 (dàng tiān / dāng rì), which mean 'that same day' (the whole day), and from 夜晚 (yè wǎn), which is the general word for 'night' without the 'that' reference.

noun

that eveningthat very evening

Examples

当晚。
Tāmen dàng wǎn jiù chūfā le.
They set off that very evening.
当晚。
Wǒ dàng wǎn shuì de hěn zǎo.
I went to sleep very early that evening.
当晚。
dàng wǎn de tiānqì fēicháng hǎo.
The weather that evening was very good.

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