# 今宵
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīnxiāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^1$ siu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīnxiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jinsiao
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^1$-hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: jīn-syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshiau
*** Palladius: цзиньсяо (czinʹsjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^1$ siu$^1$
*** Yale: gām sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^1$ siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^1$ xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

今宵
* (literary) tonight

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 今夕, 今宵, 今夜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 今晚, 今夜, 今宵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 今兒晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 今天晚上, 今晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 今兒晚上, 今兒個晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 今晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 今晚, 今晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 今晚, 今晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 今晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 今日夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 今晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 今晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 今日晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 今晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 今晚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 今晚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 今夜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 今暗晡, 今晡夜, 今晡暗, 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 今晚黑 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 今晚夜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 今晚夜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 今晚夜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 今暗夜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 暗晡夜, 今暗晡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 暗晡夜, 今暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 暗晡夜, 今暗晡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 暗夜, 暗晡夜, 今暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 暗晡夜, 今暗晡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 暗夜, 今日暗夜, 今日暗晡 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 今晚夜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 今旦晡, 今晡 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 今晡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 下昏暗 GT, 下昏 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 今仔下暗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 今仔暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 暗昏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 今天晚上 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 今暝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 今暝, 今暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 今昏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 今暗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 今暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 暝昏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 暝昏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 今晏麻昏 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 今夜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 今朝夜裡, 今朝夜頭, 今朝夜到, 今朝夜快頭 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 今天晚上 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 금소(今宵) (geumso)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 今 | 宵 |
| こ Grade: 2 | よい Grade: S |
| irregular | kun'yomi |

### Etymology

⟨ko$_2$ yo$_2$pi$_1$⟩ → */kəjəpʲi/ → /kojofi/ → /kojowi/ → /kojoi/
From Old Japanese. Compound of 此 (ko, “this”) +‎ 宵 (yoi, “evening”).
The use of 今 (“now”) to spell the ko ("this") portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 今宵 (jīnxiāo).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こよい [kòyóí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞jo̞i]

### Noun

今(こ)宵(よい) • (koyoi)
* (poetic) this evening, tonight
    Synonyms: 今晩 (konban), 今夜 (kon'ya)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3469:, text here
    由布氣尓毛(ゆふけにも)許余比(こよひ)登乃良路(とのらろ)和賀西奈波(わがせなは)阿是曽母(あぜぞも)許与比(こよひ)与斯呂伎麻左奴(よしろきまさぬ) [Man'yōgana]
    夕(ゆふ)占(け)にもこよひと告(の)らろ我(わ)が背(せ)なはあぜぞもこよひ寄(よ)しろ来(き)まさぬ [Modern spelling]
* (in the morning, from the perspective of “this night (that has just ended)”) last night
    Synonyms: 昨晩 (sakuban), 夕べ (yūbe)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.