bàng wǎn
vers le soir; à la tombée de la nuit; au crépuscule
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傍晚的时候，我们去散步。
Bàngwǎn de shíhòu, wǒmen qù sàn bù.
In the evening, we went for a walk.
傍晚的夕阳很美。
Bàngwǎn de xīyáng hěn měi.
The sunset in the evening is very beautiful.
傍晚的时候，我正在做饭。
Bàngwǎn de shíhòu, wǒ zhèngzài zuò fàn.
In the evening, I was cooking.
早晨 (zǎochén)
morning
白天 (báitiān)
daytime
The Chinese word 傍晚 (bàngwǎn) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 傍 (bàng) and 晚 (wǎn). The character 傍 originally meant "to lean against" or "to be close to", and later extended to mean "side" or "evening". The character 晚 originally meant "late" or "dusk", and later extended to mean "evening". Thus, the compound word 傍晚 literally means "leaning against the evening", which figuratively refers to the time of day when the sun is setting and the evening is approaching. In modern Chinese, 傍晚 is commonly used to refer to the time of day between sunset and nightfall, which is roughly equivalent to the English word "evening".
