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夜间

yè jiān

2-character word Traditional 夜間

What 夜间 means

1. nighttime
2. evening or night (e.g. classes)

The characters in 夜间

• 夜yènight
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space

Example sentences

• 在夜间发生了火灾。
  Zài yèjiān fāshēng le huǒzāi.
  A fire broke out during the night.
• 敌人在夜间攻击了我们。
  Dírén zài yèjiān gōngjī le wǒmen.
  The enemy attacked us at night.
• 贝克小姐知道那个年轻男子很快就要离开了，所以决定请求他将车稍微移开，如此一来她就能在夜间入睡前将她的车停到正确的位置。
  Bèikè xiǎojie zhīdào nàge niánqīng nánzǐ hěn kuài jiùyào líkāi le, suǒyǐ juédìng qǐngqiú tā jiāng chē shāowēi yíkāi, rúcǐ yīlái tā jiù néng zài yèjiān rùshuì qián jiāng tā de chē tíng dào zhèngquè de wèizhi.
  Miss Baker knew that the young man would have to leave very soon, so she decided to ask him to move his car a bit, so that she could park hers in the proper place for the night before going to bed.

Words starting with 夜间

• 夜间部yè jiān bù(Taiwan) evening program (at a college); night school