HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 6
傍晚
Evening, dusk, or nightfall.
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 6
Why does 傍晚 look like this?
傍 consists of the 'person' radical (亻) and the phonetic part 'bàng' (旁), suggesting someone standing beside or near something. 晚 features the 'sun' radical (日) on the left, indicating time, and '免' on the right, together meaning 'late' or 'evening'. Combined, they describe the time when the sun is 'near' to setting!