今夕

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	dusk; evening
trad. (今夕)		今	夕
simp. #(今夕)		今	夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-se̍k / kim-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinsi
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: jīn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshi
    • Palladius: цзиньси (czinʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: gām jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kim-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimsek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kim-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ sit̚²⁴/

Noun

今夕

1. (literary) tonight; this evening

   • 不知天上宮闕，今夕是何年？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1076, Su Shi, Shuidiao Getou (水調歌頭)

     Bùzhī tiānshàng gōngquè, jīnxī shì hé nián? [Pinyin]

     I wonder in the palace of the heavens, which year is it tonight?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 今晚 (“tonight; this evening”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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	Quanzhou	今天晚上
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 今夕何夕

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (今夕):

• → Japanese: 今夕(こんせき) (konseki); 今夕(こんゆう) (kon'yū)
• → Korean: 금석(今夕) (geumseok)