evening in Chinese

How to write 晚上

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晚上 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

晚上 in a sentence

• 我wǒ们men晚wǎn上shàng七qī点diǎn吃chī饭fàn。

  We eat at seven in the evening.

• 晚wǎn上shàng我wǒ喜xǐ欢huān看kàn书shū。

  In the evening I like to read.

• 今jīn天tiān晚wǎn上shàng有yǒu月yuè亮liàng。

  The moon is out tonight.

晚上 vs 夜晚 vs 夜里

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 夜晚 yè wǎn night; nighttime

  晚上 is the everyday time-of-day word — 晚上好 'good evening'; 夜晚 describes 'the night' as a scene — 夜晚很安静 'the night is quiet'.

• 夜里 yè lǐ during the night

  'In the night' — 夜里下雨 'it rained overnight'. 晚上 covers evening through bedtime.