maan5 hak1晚黑
Jyutpingmaan5 hak1
Yalemáahn hāk
Definition
Night; nighttime; the period of time after dark.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Use this term to refer specifically to the period after dark, carrying a slightly more informal and localized feel than the standard 夜晚. It is common to hear it used in warnings or when discussing plans for the evening hours. It functions primarily as a time adverbial rather than a noun representing the entire night as a duration.
Examples
Be careful when you go out at night.
What do you usually do at night?
Related words
Common phrases
going out at night
returning home at night
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 夜晚, which is more versatile and can be used in almost any context. While 晚黑 is perfectly natural in speech, it sounds slightly less formal and is rarely used in written reports or news broadcasts.
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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.
