# 今夜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīnyè
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^1$ je$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ya
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-iā
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jinyè
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^1$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: jīn-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyeh
*** Palladius: цзинье (czinʹje)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^1$ je$^6$
*** Yale: gām yeh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^1$ je$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^1$ yé$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: gim$^ˊ$ ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gim$^1$ ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: gim$^ˊ$ (r)ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gim$^1$ ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-iā
*** Tâi-lô: kim-iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kim'ia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
* Middle Chinese: kim yaeH
Rime :
| Character | 今 | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 居吟切 | 羊謝切 |
| Baxter | kim | yaeH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiɪm/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚim/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiem/ | /ia$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kjim/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjəm/ | /ia$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭĕm/ | /jĭa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯əm/ | /i̯a$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jīn | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gam$^1$ | je$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]r[ə]m [ɢ]Ak-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*krɯm laːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 今 | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jīn | yè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kim › | ‹ yæ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]r[ə]m/ | /*[ɢ]Ak-s/ |
| English | now | night |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 今 | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 6599 | 14992 |
| Phonetic component | 今 | 亦 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 金 | 夜 |
| Old Chinese | /*krɯm/ | /*laːɡs/ |
| Notes | 文源謂含初文 | |

### Noun

今夜
* (literary or dialectal) tonight
    From: 費玉清 (Fei Yu-ching), 今夜擱再想你
    Lí lī-khui í-keng kúi-lō nî, kim-iā koh-chài siūⁿ lí, it-chhè chhin-chhiūⁿ chāi bāng tiong. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    You've already left for many years; tonight [I am] thinking about you again, everything just like in a dream.
    From: 1699, Kong Shangren, The Peach Blossom Fan, scene 38, translated by Harold Acton
    Běi bīng jīnyè gōngpò běichéng, ǎn yǐ mǎnpīnzìjìn. [Pinyin]
    Tonight the Northern troops breached the north wall, and I determined to take my own life.

#### 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

* → Japanese: 今(こん)夜(や) (kon'ya)
* → Korean: 금야(今夜) (geumya)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 今 | 夜 |
| こん Grade: 2 | や Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こんや [kóꜜǹ'yà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠]

#### Noun

今(こん)夜(や) • (kon'ya)
* this evening; tonight

### Etymology 2

kon'ya → konnya, via gemination.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kõ̞ɲ̟ːa̠]

#### Noun

今夜(こんにゃ) • (konnya)
* this evening; tonight

#### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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