# 今夕
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīnxī
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^1$ zik$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-se̍k / kim-si̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīnxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jinsi
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^1$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: jīn-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshi
*** Palladius: цзиньси (czinʹsi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^1$ zik$^6$
*** Yale: gām jihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^1$ dzik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^1$ jig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-se̍k
*** Tâi-lô: kim-si̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kimsek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-si̍t
*** Tâi-lô: kim-si̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kimsit
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ sit̚²⁴/

### Noun

今夕
* (literary) tonight; this evening
    From: 1076, Su Shi, Shuidiao Getou (水調歌頭)
    Bùzhī tiānshàng gōngquè, jīnxī shì hé nián? [Pinyin]
    I wonder in the palace of the heavens, which year is it 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 | Hengyang | 今夜巴 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 今天晚上 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 今夕何夕

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 今夕(こんせき) (konseki); 今夕(こんゆう) (kon'yū)
* → Korean: 금석(今夕) (geumseok)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 今 | 夕 |
| こん Grade: 2 | せき Grade: 1 |
| goon | kan'on |
Kanji in this term :
| 今 | 夕 |
| こん Grade: 2 | ゆう Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kõ̞ɰ̃se̞kʲi]
* IPA: [kõ̞ɰ̃jɯ̟ː]

### Noun

今(こん)夕(せき) or 今(こん)夕(ゆう) • (konseki or kon'yū)
* tonight; this evening

### References

* “今夕”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* “今夕” in Weblio Dictionary.