EVENING    晚上夕

PERIOD of DAY BEFORE one SLEEPS AND LATER:after one STOPS WORKING.
NIGHTLATE AFTERNOONEND OF DAYCLOSE OF DAYTWILIGHTDUSKNIGHTFALLSUNSETSUNDOWNLITERARY EVEEVENTIDEEVENFALLGLOAMING
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the evening is xì 夕 (ant. zhāo 朝 "morning"), and the term refers to the period when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has just gone down. 2. Huì 晦 (ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions. 3. Wǎn 晚 can refer to the evening from Han times onwards.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ASTRONOMY 29. 夕，太陽西斜時。夕後是 “ 暮 ” 。 暮後是 “ 昏 ” ，即黃昏。 夜，狹義只指由人定（晚八、九點）至翌日雞鳴前五、六小時。 晚，本遲緩義，漢代起可渾稱夜晚。
Modern Chinese Criteria
傍晚 / 黃昏 晚上 夜晚 晚間 夜裡 夜間 晚 夜 夜幕 夜來 宵 夕 華燈初升 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • MORNINGPERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER SUNRISE, BEFORE MIDDAY.
See also
  • NIGHTPART of DAY when it is COMPLETELY DARK AND when one SLEEPS.
Hypernym
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.46

  • 《說文段注》“渾言”“析言”在漢語詞義研究中的意義 "Shuowen Duan zhu" "hun yan" "xi yan" zai Hanyu ci yi yanjiu zhong de yiyi 杭州大學學報 Hangzhou daxue xuebao ( CHI CHANGHAI 1991) p. 162

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 29

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 314

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 30

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.845

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 4

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 176

  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 36

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.25

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 22

  • Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi ( SINGER 2002) p. 1.7

    • Words (14 items)

    暮  mù OC: maaɡs MC: muo̝
    莫  mò OC: maaɡ MC: mɑk 18 Attributions

    Huì 晦(ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions.

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。

      Syntactic words
    • nabtimedusk, nightfall
    • nadNevening-, dinner-time-
    • nadSin the evening; in the evenings
    • nadVtimein the evening; in the eveningsDS
    • npost-Nin the evening; from the evening onwards
    • vibe late in the dayCH
    夕  xī OC: sɢlaɡ MC: ziɛk 16 Attributions

    The current general word for the evening is xì 夕 (ant. zhāo 朝 "morning"), and the term refers to the period when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has just gone down.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。
    • Oppos: 旦/MORNING
    • Oppos: 朝/MORNING The current general word for the morning is zhāo 朝 (ant. xì 夕 "evening")。

      Syntactic words
    • ndusk, very late afternoon and evening before one goes to sleep
    • n[adN]time of the evening
    • nadNbelonging to the evening; arising in the evening
    • nadVtimeat dusk; in the evening; in the evenings
    • vichangebecome evening-like 日夕
    夜  yè OC: k-laɡs MC: jɣɛ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nnightfall; evening
    • nadVin the evening; that eveningCH
    旰  gàn OC: kaans MC: kɑn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVin the late evening; late
    • viprocessbecome late evening
    薄暮  báo mù OC: baaɡ maaɡs MC: bɑk muo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVtowards the evening
    日昃  rì zè OC: mljiɡ tsrɯɡ MC: ȵit ʈʂɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtimelate afternoon and evening
    日暮  rì mù OC: mljiɡ maaɡs MC: ȵit muo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabtimeevening
    逮日  dài rì OC: ɡ-lɯɯds mljiɡ MC: dəi ȵit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsundown
    晚  wǎn OC: monʔ MC: mi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ndusk[??Could that not also be interpreted as vi; see examples below][CA]
    • nadNevening-
    • nadVin the eventing
    晦  huì OC: hmɯɯs MC: huo̝i 1 Attribution

    Huì 晦(ant. míng 明 "full morning, morning immediately after daybreak") and mù 暮 (ant. dàn 旦 "morning") refer to time when it is beginning to get dark. The focus is on reduced light conditions.

      Syntactic words
    • nnighttime, evening
    今夕  jīn xī OC: krɯm sɢlaɡ MC: kim ziɛk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPOBI 4: tonight
    昔  xī OC: sqaɡ MC: siɛk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nevening [loan for 夕, one suspects, CHECK]
    晼  wǎn OC: qonʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viprocessbecome evening; become dark; (sun) go down
    暝  míng OC: meeŋ MC: meŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ndusk
    • vichangebecome dusk