晚上

晚上 wǎnshang in a sentence

Evening

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 42 sentences

晚上 (wǎnshang) means Evening. Below are 24 of the 42 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

晚上 我在家看电视。

Wǎnshang wǒ zài jiā kàn diànshì.

In the evening I watch TV at home.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 晚上

今天 晚上 我们一起吃饭吧。

Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen yìqǐ chī fàn ba.

Let's have dinner together tonight.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 晚上

他每天 晚上 洗澡。

Tā měi tiān wǎnshang xǐzǎo.

He takes a shower every evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 洗澡

他 晚上 有个应酬。

Tā wǎnshang yǒu ge yìngchou.

He has a social engagement this evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 应酬

我每天 晚上 看新闻。

Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang kàn xīnwén.

I watch the news every evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 新闻

我每天 晚上 写日记。

Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang xiě rìjì.

I write in my diary every evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 日记

商店 晚上 十点关闭。

Shāngdiàn wǎnshang shí diǎn guānbì.

The shop closes at ten in the evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 关闭

我每天 晚上 复习汉语。

Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang fùxí Hànyǔ.

I review Chinese every evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 复习

今天 晚上 的月亮很大。

Jīntiān wǎnshang de yuèliang hěn dà.

The moon is very big tonight.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 月亮

晚上 气温降低了不少。

Wǎnshang qìwēn jiàngdī le bù shǎo.

The temperature dropped quite a lot at night.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 降低

晚上 比白天凉快多了。

Wǎnshang bǐ báitiān liángkuai duō le.

The evening is much cooler than the daytime.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 凉快

今天 晚上 有一场演出。

Jīntiān wǎnshang yǒu yì chǎng yǎnchū.

There is a performance this evening.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 演出

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From the graded readers

现在是 晚上 ,不下雨了。

xiànzài shì wǎnshang, bù xiàyǔ le / liǎo / liào.

It's evening now and the rain has stopped.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

昨天 晚上 我觉得很不舒服。

zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ juéde hěn bù shūfu.

Last night I felt very unwell.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

那天 晚上 很冷,天已经黑了。

nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang hěn lěng, tiān yǐjīng hēi le / liǎo / liào.

That evening was cold, and it was already dark.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

晚上 我看书,也看一会儿电视。

wǎnshang wǒ kànshū, yě kàn / kān yìhuir diànshì.

In the evening I read, and watch a little TV.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day

昨天 晚上 九点,妈妈给我打电话。

zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.

At nine last night my mum called me.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

我昨天 晚上 工作到很晚,睡得很少。

wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.

I worked late last night and slept very little.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

那天 晚上 ,我一个人在阳台上坐着。

nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ yīgè rén zài yángtái shàng zuòzhe.

That evening I sat on the balcony on my own.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival

那天 晚上 ,她一直把照片放在手边。

nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí bǎ zhàopiàn fàng zài shǒu biān.

That evening she kept the photograph beside her.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

现在 晚上 安静多了,我们也成了朋友。

xiànzài wǎnshang ānjìng duōle, wǒmen yě chèngle péngyou.

It's much quieter now — and we've become friends.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

星期天我去看了朋友, 晚上 还看了一个电影。

xīngqītīan wǒ qù kànle péngyou, wǎnshang hái / huán kànle yīgè diànyǐng.

On Sunday I visited a friend and watched a film in the evening.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend

From the travel phrasebook

住三个 晚上 。

Zhù sān ge wǎnshang.

Three nights.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

From the grammar library

我 晚上 在家看电视。

Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.

I watch TV at home in the evening.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object

晚上 appears in 42 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 晚上

How is 晚上 used in a sentence?

This page shows 42 sentences using 晚上 (wǎnshang, "Evening"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 晚上 an HSK word?

Yes — 晚上 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 晚上?

The dictionary page for 晚上 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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