今宵

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Chinese

today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
 night
trad. (今宵) 今 宵
simp. #(今宵) 今 宵

Pronunciation

Noun

今宵

  1. (literary) tonight

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 今晚 (“tonight; this evening”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 今夕, 今宵, 今夜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 今晚, 今夜, 今宵
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 今兒晚上
Taiwan 今天晚上, 今晚
Harbin 今兒晚上, 今兒個晚上
Malaysia 今晚
Singapore 今晚
Cantonese Guangzhou 今晚, 今晚黑
Hong Kong 今晚, 今晚黑
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 今晚
Macau 今晚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 今晚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 今晚夜
Guangzhou (Conghua) 今晚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 今晚
Foshan 今晚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 今晚
Foshan (Shunde) 今晚
Foshan (Sanshui) 今晚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 今日夜晚
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 今晚
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 今晚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 今晚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 今晚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 今晚黑
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 今晚黑
Taishan 今晚
Kaiping (Chikan) 今日晚黑
Enping (Niujiang) 今晚夜
Heshan (Yayao) 今晚
Dongguan 今晚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 今晚
Nanning 今晚
Wuzhou 今晚
Hepu (Lianzhou) 今晚
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 今晚
Singapore (Guangfu) 今晚
Gan Nanchang 今夜
Hakka Meixian 今暗晡, 今晡夜, 今晡暗, 暗晡夜
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 今晚黑
Dongguan (Qingxi) 今晚夜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 今晚夜
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 今晚夜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 今暗夜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 暗夜, 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 暗夜, 今日暗夜, 今日暗晡
Sabah (Bao'an) 今晚夜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 今旦晡, 今晡
Matsu 今晡
Southern Min Xiamen 今暝
Zhangzhou 今暝
Taipei 下昏暗 GT, 下昏 GT
Tainan 今仔下暗
Penang (Hokkien) 今暝
Singapore (Hokkien) 今暝
Manila (Hokkien) 今仔暗
Zhangping (Yongfu) 暗昏
Pingnan (Shangdu) 今天晚上
Chaozhou 今暝
Shantou 今暝
Shantou (Chenghai) 今暝
Jieyang 今暝
Singapore (Teochew) 今暝
Batam (Teochew) 今暝
Leizhou 今暝, 今暝昏
Wenchang 今昏
Haikou 今暗
Singapore (Hainanese) 今暝
Puxian Min Putian 暝昏
Xianyou 暝昏
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 今晏麻昏
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 今夜
Wu Shanghai 今朝夜裡, 今朝夜頭, 今朝夜到, 今朝夜快頭
Xiang Hengyang 今夜巴
Quanzhou 今天晚上
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今宵):
  • → Korean: 금소(今宵) (geumso)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今 宵
こ
Grade: 2 		よい
Grade: S
irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨ko2 yo2pi1⟩ → */kəjəpʲi/ → /kojofi/ → /kojowi/ → /kojoi/

From Old Japanese. Compound of 此 (ko, “this”) +‎ 宵 (yoi, “evening”).[1][2]

The use of 今 (“now”) to spell the ko ("this") portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 今宵 (jīnxiāo).

Pronunciation

Noun

今(こ)宵(よい) • (koyoi) ←こよひ (koyofi)?

  1. (poetic) this evening, tonight
    Synonyms: 今晩 (konban), 今夜 (kon'ya)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3469:
      ,[4] text here
      由布氣尓毛(ゆふけにも)許余比(こよひ)登乃良路(とのらろ)和賀西奈波(わがせなは)阿是曽母(あぜぞも)許与比(こよひ)与斯呂伎麻左奴(よしろきまさぬ) [Man'yōgana]
      夕(ゆふ)占(け)にもこよひと告(の)らろ我(わ)が背(せ)なはあぜぞもこよひ寄(よ)しろ来(き)まさぬ [Modern spelling]
      yūke ni mo koyoi to noraro waga sena wa aze zo mo koyoi yoshiro-kimasenu
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (in the morning, from the perspective of “this night (that has just ended)”) last night
    Synonyms: 昨晩 (sakuban), 夕べ (yūbe)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.
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