VocabularyHSK 3 · core

晚

wǎn

late

Part of speech · adjective

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Examples

太晚了。
Too late.
玩游戏。
Play games.

Collocations

很晚玩游戏玩儿

Mnemonic

Slug "wan" covers 晚 wǎn (late, 3rd tone) and 玩 wán (play, 2nd tone) — different characters and tones. 晚饭 = dinner; 玩儿 wánr = "play" (northern colloquial er-hua).

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