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today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
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night
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trad. (今宵)
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今
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宵
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simp. #(今宵)
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今
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宵
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Pronunciation
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今宵
- (literary) tonight
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
今晚 (“tonight; this evening”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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今夕, 今宵, 今夜
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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今晚, 今夜, 今宵
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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今兒晚上
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Taiwan
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今天晚上, 今晚
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Harbin
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今兒晚上, 今兒個晚上
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Malaysia
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今晚
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Singapore
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今晚
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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今晚, 今晚黑
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Hong Kong
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今晚, 今晚黑
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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今晚
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Macau
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今晚
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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今晚
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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今晚夜
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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今晚
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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今晚
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Foshan
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今晚
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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今晚
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Foshan (Shunde)
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今晚
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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今晚
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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今日夜晚
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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今晚
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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今晚
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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今晚
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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今晚
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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今晚黑
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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今晚黑
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Taishan
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今晚
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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今日晚黑
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Enping (Niujiang)
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今晚夜
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Heshan (Yayao)
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今晚
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Dongguan
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今晚
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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今晚
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Nanning
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今晚
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Wuzhou
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今晚
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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今晚
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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今晚
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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今晚
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Gan
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Nanchang
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今夜
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Hakka
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Meixian
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暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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今晚黑
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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今晚夜
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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今晚夜
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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今晚夜
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Conghua (Lütian)
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今暗夜
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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暗夜, 暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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暗晡夜, 今暗晡
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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暗夜, 今日暗夜, 今日暗晡
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Sabah (Bao'an)
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今晚夜
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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今旦晡, 今晡
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Matsu
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今晡
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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今暝
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Zhangzhou
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今暝
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Taipei
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下昏暗 GT, 下昏 GT
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Tainan
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今仔下暗
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Penang (Hokkien)
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今暝
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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今暝
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Manila (Hokkien)
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今仔暗
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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暗昏
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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今天晚上
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Chaozhou
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今暝
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Shantou
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今暝
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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今暝
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Jieyang
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今暝
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Singapore (Teochew)
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今暝
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Batam (Teochew)
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今暝
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Leizhou
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今暝, 今暝昏
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Wenchang
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今昏
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Haikou
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今暗
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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今暝
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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暝昏
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Xianyou
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暝昏
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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今晏麻昏
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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今夜
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Wu
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Shanghai
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今朝夜裡, 今朝夜頭, 今朝夜到, 今朝夜快頭
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Xiang
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Quanzhou
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今天晚上
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Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Descendants
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Japanese
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Etymology
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⟨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
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今宵 • (koyoi) ←こよひ (koyofi)?
- (poetic) this evening, tonight
- Synonyms: 今晩 (konban), 今夜 (kon'ya)
- ,[4] text here
- 由布氣尓毛許余比登乃良路和賀西奈波阿是曽母許与比与斯呂伎麻左奴 [Man'yōgana]
- 夕占にもこよひと告らろ我が背なはあぜぞもこよひ寄しろ来まさぬ [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)
- (in the morning, from the perspective of “this night (that has just ended)”) last night
- Synonyms: 昨晩 (sakuban), 夕べ (yūbe)
References
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- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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.