# 薄暮
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bómù
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bok$^6$ mou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bómù
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bómù
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$-mu$^4$
*** Yale: bwó-mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bormuh
*** Palladius: бому (bomu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$柏木 薄暮
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bok$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Yale: bohk mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bok$^9$ mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bog$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːk̚² mou̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: bak muH
Rime :
| Character | 薄 | 暮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (104) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 傍各切 | 莫故切 |
| Baxter | bak | muH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bwɑk̚/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑk̚/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑk̚/ | /mo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwak̚/ | /mɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑk̚/ | /mo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑk̚/ | /mu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱwɑk̚/ | /muo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó | mù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bok$^6$ | mou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːɡ maːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 薄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bak › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁak/ |
| English | thin |
| 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 | 薄 | 暮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3487 | 9247 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 | 莫 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泊 | 暮 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːɡ/ | /*maːɡs/ |

### Noun

薄暮
* (literary) dusk; twilight

#### Synonyms

* 傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
* 傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
* 入暮 (rùmù)
* 向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
* 向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
* 夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
* 斷夜／断夜 (Hakka)
* 斷暗／断暗 (Hakka)
* 昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
* 晚來／晚来 (wǎnlái) (literary)
* 暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)
* 暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
* 落黑 (no$^2$ he$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
* 黃昏／黄昏 (huánghūn)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 暮, 夕, 黃昏, 薄暮, 向晚, 日暮 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傍晚, 黃昏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 擦黑兒, 傍晚兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傍晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 傍黑兒, 擦黑兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傍晚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 傍黑天兒, 傍黑兒天 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 傍傍黑兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 黑些兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 擦黑, 後晌黑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 擦黑兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 捱黑兒, 捱傍黑兒, 下傍晚兒, 捱傍晚兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 擦黑, 麻麻黑, 打麻子眼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 煞黑, 挨黑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下晚, 下晚時候 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 挨晚, 𨂾光黑, 齊黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 挨晚, 黃昏 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 埋黑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 挨晚, 齊黑, 將近齊黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 使黑, 煞黑 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) | 熱頭晚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 臨夜邊子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 臨暗, 臨夜, 臨暗邊, 斷暗, 斷夜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 臨暗仔, 臨暗邊, 臨暗頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 臨暗仔, 臨暗邊, 臨暗頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 臨暗仔, 臨暗邊, 臨暗頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 臨暗, 臨暗邊, 臨暗頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 臨暗仔, 臨暗, 臨暗邊, 臨暗頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 偎暗, 烏昏 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 斷暗邊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 擦黑, 黑將來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 暗邊仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 半晡 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 半晡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 日欲暗, 倚暗, 倚暗仔, 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 日欲暗, 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 日欲暗, 倚暗, 倚暗仔, 欲暗仔, 倚欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 欲暗仔, 暗頭仔 GT |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 尾暗仔, 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 日欲暗, 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 日頭欲落山, 黃昏 literary |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尾暗仔, 欲暗仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 欲暗矣, 黃昏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 欲暗矣, 日較晚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 日欲暗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗頭, 日頭落山 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 暝昏, 暝暗頭, 隨暗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 暝昏, 暝暗, 暝暗頭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 暝暗晡, 暝昏晡 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 暗昏跤 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 暗昏跤 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 日暗, 暗頭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 煞黑 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 齊夜快, 夜快, 夜快同, 傍晚辰光, 黃昏頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 夜快, 夜快點, 垂夜快 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 夜快邊, 夜快 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黃昏邊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 斷黑, 煞黑, 晚邊子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 斷黑, 挨黑, 達夜 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |