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 | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 暮色 | mù sè | twilight |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) |
| 薄暮 | bó mù | dusk |
| 垂暮之年 | chuí mù zhī nián | old age |
| 岁暮 | 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 | rì mù tú qióng | sunset, the end of the road (idiom) |
| 暮年 | mù nián | one's declining years |
| 日暮 | rì mù | sunset |
| 向暮 | xiàng mù | towards evening |
| 暮气 | mù qì | evening mist |
| 晨钟暮鼓 | chén zhōng mù gǔ | lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) |
| 暮鼓晨钟 | mù gǔ chén zhōng | lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) |
| 朝露暮霭 | zhāo lù mù ǎi | morning dew, evening mist (idiom) |
暮 appears in 22 compound words: 36 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 41 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.
Character Family
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