cin4 maan5前晚
Jyutpingcin4 maan5
Yalechìhn máahn
Definition
The night before last; the evening of two days ago.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Time expressions like 前晚 are used as adverbial phrases without needing any extra particles. It functions naturally at the start of a sentence or immediately after the subject. Using it helps distinguish specific past events from the more general 之前.
Examples
I was watching a movie at home the night before last.
Where did you go the night before last?
Related words
Common phrases
late at night the night before last
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
