当晚

當晚

dàngwǎn

noun HSK 7 #4,390

Meanings

1 that evening
2 that night
3 the same evening

Characters

Examples

他当晚就坐飞机回去了。

Tā dàngwǎn jiù zuò fēijī huíqù le.

He flew back that very evening.

事故发生在当晚八点左右。

Shìgù fāshēng zài dàngwǎn bā diǎn zuǒyòu.

The accident happened around 8 PM that evening.

Tips

usage

当晚 refers to 'that same evening' in a narrative. Similar pattern: 当天 (that day), 当年 (that year).

Stroke Order

当 dāng

晚 wǎn