晚上 (wǎn shang)

Character breakdown

• 晚 (wǎn) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.

• 上 (shǎng) · 3 strokes

  Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下.

Example sentences

1. 晚上好。 — Good evening.
2. 晚上好！ — Good evening.
3. 是晚上了。 — It's night.
4. 这里晚上很静。 — It is quiet here at night.
5. 晚上好，你好吗？ — Good evening, how are you?

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