晚來

Chinese

		evening; night; late	to come
trad. (晚來)		晚	來
simp. (晚来)		晚	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnlái
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-lai²
    • Yale: wǎn-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanlai
    • Palladius: ваньлай (vanʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

晚來

1. (literary) nightfall

   • 惆悵階前紅牡丹，晚來唯有兩枝殘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惆怅阶前红牡丹，晚来唯有两枝残。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 白居易《惜牡丹花二首》

     Chóuchàng jiēqián hóngmǔdān, wǎnlái wéiyǒu liǎng zhī cán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 三杯兩盞淡酒，怎敵他、晚來風急？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他、晚来风急？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李清照《聲聲慢》

     Sān bēi liǎng zhǎn dànjiǔ, zěn dí tā, wǎnlái fēng jí? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
• 傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
• 入暮 (rùmù)
• 向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
• 向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
• 夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
• 斷夜／断夜 (Hakka)
• 斷暗／断暗 (Hakka)
• 昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
• 暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)
• 暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
• 落黑 (no² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 薄暮 (bómù) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)

 

Verb

晚來

1. to come late

   晚來買不到／晚来买不到  ―  wǎnlái mǎi bùdào  ―  cannot buy it if you come late

   月經晚來／月经晚来  ―  yuèjīng wǎnlái  ―  late period

Antonyms

• 早來／早来 (zǎolái)