今夜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ je⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ya
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyè
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jīn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyeh
    • Palladius: цзинье (czinʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ je⁶
    • Yale: gām yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-iā
    • Tâi-lô: kim-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kim'ia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 今夜

1. (literary or dialectal) tonight

   • 你離開已經幾落年，今夜擱再想你，一切親像在夢中。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     你离开已经几落年，今夜搁再想你，一切亲像在梦中。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 費玉清 (Fei Yu-ching), 今夜擱再想你

     Lí lī-khui í-keng kúi-lō nî, kim-iā koh-chài siūⁿ lí, it-chhè chhin-chhiūⁿ chāi bāng tiong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You've already left for many years; tonight [I am] thinking about you again, everything just like in a dream.

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	暗晡夜, 今暗晡
	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)

Desendants

Sino-Xenic (今夜):

• → Japanese: 今(こん)夜(や) (kon'ya)
• → Korean: 금야(今夜) (geumya)

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Japanese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɴja/

Noun

今(こん)夜(や) • (kon'ya) 

1. this evening; tonight

Etymology 2

kon'ya → konnya, via gemination.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konnja/

Noun

今夜(こんにゃ) • (konnya) 

1. this evening; tonight