夜 yè

night, dark; in night; by night

HSK 5 #665

DEFINITIONS

  • night, dark
  • in night
  • by night
  • variant of 夜[ye4]
  • night

STROKES

WORDS

夜叉 yè chā yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack; late-night supper
夜盲症 yè máng zhèng night blindness; nyctalopia
当夜 dāng yè on that night
当夜 dàng yè that very night; the same night
值夜 zhí yè on night duty
前半夜 qián bàn yè first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜郎自大 yè láng zì dà lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom); fig. foolish conceit
上半夜 shàng bàn yè first half of the night; time before midnight
夜来香 yè lái xiāng tuberose; Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木
夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom); late at night
日夜兼程 rì yè jiān chéng to travel day and night
一千零一夜 yī qiān líng yī yè The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
一夜之间 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight
一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight
一夜情 yī yè qíng one night stand
一夜爆红 yī yè bào hóng to become popular overnight
一夜爆紅 yī yè bào hóng to become popular overnight
一夜露水 yī yè lù shui one-night stand; ephemeral
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night; very late at night
上夜 shàng yè to be on night duty
不分昼夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night; round-the-clock
不分晝夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night; round-the-clock
中亚夜鹰 zhōng yà yè yīng (bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
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