暮 (mù): evening, sunset
暮 (mù) is a Chinese character meaning “evening.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 莫 (phonetic) and 日 (semantic). It ranks #2612 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 暮 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- evening
- sunset
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朝思暮想phrase | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 暮色noun | mù sè | twilight |
| 朝三暮四phrase | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) |
| 薄暮noun | bó mù | dusk |
| 垂暮之年phrase | chuí mù zhī nián | old age |
| 岁暮noun | suì mù | end of the year |
| 朝生暮死 | zhāo shēng mù sǐ | lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom) |
| 日暮途穷phrase | rì mù tú qióng | sunset, the end of the road (idiom) |
| 暮年noun | mù nián | one's declining years |
| 日暮noun | rì mù | sunset |
| 向暮noun | xiàng mù | towards evening |
| 暮气noun | mù qì | evening mist |
| 晨钟暮鼓phrase | chén zhōng mù gǔ | lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) |
| 暮鼓晨钟phrase | mù gǔ chén zhōng | lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) |
| 朝秦暮楚phrase | zhāo qín mù chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) |
暮 appears in 21 compound words: 38 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 38 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 暮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
Showing 9 of 10 idioms containing 暮.
Example Sentences
暮色降临，城市的灯光逐渐亮了起来。
Mùsè jiànglín, chéngshì de dēngguāng zhújiàn liàng le qǐlai.
As dusk fell, the city lights gradually came on.
从意气风发的青年到生涯暮年的老将，萨拉赫终于实现了为国家队取得突破的梦想。
cóng yì qì fēng fā de qīng nián dào shēng yá mù nián de lǎo jiāng , sà lā hè zhōng yú shí xiàn le wéi guó jiā duì qǔ dé tū pò de mèng xiǎng .
From a spirited young player to a veteran nearing the end of his career, Salah has finally realized his dream of making a breakthrough with the national team.
在职业生涯暮年首次站上世界杯舞台，却不能让母亲亲眼见证，这成为他心中最深的遗憾。
zài zhí yè shēng yá mù nián shǒu cì zhàn shàng shì jiè bēi wǔ tái , què bù néng ràng mǔ qīn qīn yǎn jiàn zhèng , zhè chéng wéi tā xīn zhōng zuì shēn de yí hàn .
Making his World Cup debut late in his career, yet being unable to let his mother witness it in person, has become his deepest regret.
暮色漫过展厅时，又有年轻人举着手机凑近《神话》，屏幕微光映着瓷面的莹润。
mù sè màn guò zhǎn tīng shí , yòu yǒu nián qīng rén jǔ zhe shǒu jī còu jìn shén huà , bǐng mù wēi guāng yìng zhe cí miàn de yíng rùn .
As twilight fell over the exhibition hall, another young person held up their phone and moved closer to *Myth*, the soft glow of the screen reflecting off the lustrous porcelain surface.
文首那张暮色画面，就是凝光引擎这种判断的结果。
wén shǒu nà zhāng mù sè huà miàn , jiù shì níng guāng yǐn qíng zhè zhǒng pàn duàn de jié guǒ .
The twilight scene at the beginning of this article is the result of the Ningguang Engine's analysis.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
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