今夜

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Chinese

today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
 night
trad. (今夜) 今 夜
simp. #(今夜) 今 夜

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 今 夜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居吟切 羊謝切
Baxter kim yaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiɪm/ /jiaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚim/ /jiaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiem/ /iaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kjim/ /jiaH/
Li
Rong 		/kjəm/ /iaH/
Wang
Li 		/kĭĕm/ /jĭaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯əm/ /i̯aH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīn yè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gam1 je6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 今 夜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīn yè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kim › ‹ yæH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*rm/ /*Ak-s/
English now night

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 今 夜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6599 14992
Phonetic
component 		今 亦
Rime
group 		侵 暮
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		金 夜
Old
Chinese 		/*krɯm/ /*laːɡs/
Notes 文源謂含初文

Noun

今夜

  1. (literary or dialectal) 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 (今夜):
  • → Japanese: 今(こん)夜(や) (kon'ya)
  • → Korean: 금야(今夜) (geumya)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今 夜
こん
Grade: 2 		や
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

今(こん)夜(や) • (kon'ya) 

  1. this evening; tonight

Etymology 2

kon'ya → konnya, via gemination.

Pronunciation

Noun

今夜(こんにゃ) • (konnya) 

  1. this evening; tonight

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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
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