今夜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ je⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ya
Min Nan (POJ): kim-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ je⁶
  - Yale: gām yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yé⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ya⁴
  - IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim´ (r)ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ya⁴
  - IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

今夜

(literary) tonight
- 你離開已經幾落年，今夜擱再想你，一切親像在夢中。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  你离开已经几落年，今夜搁再想你，一切亲像在梦中。 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 費玉清 (Fei Yu-ching), 今夜擱再想你
  Lí lī-khui í-keⁿ 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
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		今晚、今夜、今宵
Mandarin	Beijing	今晚、今天晚上
Cantonese	Guangzhou	今晚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	今晚
Min Dong	Fuzhou	今旦晡、今晡
Min Nan	Chaozhou	今暝

Japanese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koɴja/

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こんや [kóꜜǹ'yà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠]

Noun

今夜 (hiragana こんや, rōmaji kon'ya)

this evening; tonight

Etymology 2

kon'ya → konnya, via gemination.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /konnja/

Noun

今夜 (hiragana こんにゃ, rōmaji konnya)

this evening; tonight

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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