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Chinese
Pronunciation
Note: zok6 je6 - prescribed.
Noun
昨夜
- last night
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
昨晚 (“last night”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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昔者, 昨夜
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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昨晚, 昨夜
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Harbin
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夜下黑兒, 夜黑家
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Singapore
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昨晚
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Wanrong
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夜黑間
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Xi'an
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夜黑, 夜黑咧
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Ürümqi
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夜兒黑裡
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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昨晚些, 昨天晚些
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Guiyang
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昨晚上
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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琴晚, 尋晚, 琴晚黑, 尋晚黑
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Hong Kong
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琴晚, 尋晚
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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昨晚黑
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Macau
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尋晚
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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琴晚
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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尋晚夜
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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昨晚
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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昨晚
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Foshan
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琴晚
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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琴晚
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Foshan (Shunde)
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琴晚
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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琴晚
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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琴日夜晚
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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昨晚
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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琴晚
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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尋晚
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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昨晚
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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尋晚
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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昨晚
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Taishan
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昨晚
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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昨晚晚黑
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Enping (Niujiang)
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住日晚
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Heshan (Yayao)
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昨晚
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Dongguan
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昨晚
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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昨晚
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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琴晚, 尋晚
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Hakka
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Meixian
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秋晡夜
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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昨晚黑
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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參晚夜
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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昨晚日晚夜
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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參日晚
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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查晡夜
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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昨暗晡
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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昨暗晡
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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昨暗晡
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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昨暗晡
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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昨暗晡
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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昨暗夜
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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昨暝晡
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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昨暝
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Quanzhou
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昨暝
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Hui'an
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昨暝
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Zhangzhou
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昨暝
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Zhao'an
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昨昏
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Tainan
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昨暝, 昨暗
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Penang (Hokkien)
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昨暝
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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昨暝
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Manila (Hokkien)
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昨暗
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Chaozhou
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昨暝, 昨眠囝
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Shantou
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昨暝
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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昨暝
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Jieyang
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昨暝, 昨暝暗
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Singapore (Teochew)
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昨暝
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Leizhou
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昨暝, 昨暝昏
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Haikou
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昨暝, 昨晡暝昏
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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昨暝
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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夙暝
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Xianyou
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夙暝
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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崇麻昏
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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昨夜
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Wu
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Jinhua
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昨夜, 昨日兒夜頭
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Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 昨夜 (MC dzak yaeH).
Pronunciation
Noun
昨夜 • (sakuya)
- (formal) last night
Etymology 2
Shift from 夕べ (yūbe, “evening”), which has an additional 平板型 (heiban-gata) or accent pitch.
The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.
Cognate with Northern Amami Ōshima ゆぶぃ (yubï, “last night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
昨夜 • (yūbe) ←ゆふべ (yufube)?
- (colloquial) last night
Etymology 3
/juɸube/ → */juːbe/ → /junbe/ → /jumbe/
Shift from yūbe above.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
昨夜 • (yunbe)
- (archaic, colloquial) last night, yestereve, yesternight
Etymology 4
The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.
Noun
昨夜 • (yobe)
- (archaic, obsolete) last night, yestereve, yesternight
Etymology 5
/jobe/ → */joːbe/ → /jonbe/ → /jombe/
Shift from yobe above.[1][2]
The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.
Noun
昨夜 • (yonbe)
- (archaic, obsolete) last night, yestereve, yesternight
Etymology 6
For pronunciation and definitions of 昨夜 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 昨夜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN