The Chinese word 晚间 (wǎnjiān) is a compound noun formed by combining the character 晚 (wǎn), meaning "evening" or "late", with the character 间 (jiān), which denotes a "period" or "interval" of time. Together, they create a single lexical unit that literally translates to "evening time" or "the evening period", specifically referring to the nighttime hours. This follows a common Mandarin grammatical structure where two independent, meaningful characters (morphemes) are joined in a modifier-head relationship, here, 晚 modifies the kind of 间 (time period), to form a new, specific term that is more precise than either character alone.