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夜

yè

HSK 5 Character

What 夜 means

1. night

Other readings

夜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yèvariant of {夜|yè}

Example sentences

• 她上夜校。
  Tā shàngyè xiào.
  She goes to night school.
• 夜晚很冷。
  The night was cold.
• 汤姆上夜班。
  Tāngmǔ shàngyè bān.
  Tom is working the night shift.
• 夜幕降临了！
  Yèmùjiànglín le!
  Night has fallen!
• 我想待一夜。
  I'd like to stay for one night.
• 我习惯熬夜。
  I am used to sitting up late.

Words starting with 夜

• 夜晚yè wǎnnight
• 夜里yè liduring the night; at night; nighttime
• 夜色yè sènight scene; the dim light of night
• 夜间yè jiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
• 夜空yè kōngnight sky
• 夜总会yè zǒng huìnightclub; nightspot
• 夜幕yè mùcurtain of night; gathering darkness
• 夜班yè bānnight shift
• 夜景yè jǐngnightscape
• 夜市yè shìnight market
• 夜半yè bànmidnight
• 夜夜yè yèevery night
• 夜深人静yè shēn rén jìngin the dead of night (idiom)
• 夜宵yè xiāomidnight snack
• 夜行yè xíngnight walk; night departure; nocturnal
• 夜校yè xiàoevening school; night school
• 夜游yè yóuto go to some place at night; to take a night trip to (a place); to sleepwalk
• 夜莺yè yīngnightingale
• 夜曲yè qǔnocturne (music)
• 夜场yè chǎngevening show (at a theater etc); nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc)
• 夜以继日yè yǐ jì rìnight and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
• 夜大yè dàevening college (abbr. for 夜大学
• 夜光yè guāngluminous
• 夜店yè diànnightclub

Words containing 夜

• 昼夜zhòu yèday and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
• 深夜shēn yèvery late at night
• 半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night
• 午夜wǔ yèmidnight
• 黑夜hēi yènight
• 今夜jīn yètonight; this evening
• 日夜rì yèday and night; around the clock
• 昨夜zuó yèlast night
• 连夜lián yèthat very night; through the night; for several nights in a row
• 过夜guò yèto spend the night; overnight
• 整夜zhěng yèthe whole night; all through the night
• 熬夜áo yèto stay up late or all night
• 彻夜chè yèthe whole night
• 前夜qián yèthe eve; the night before
• 长夜cháng yèlong dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression
• 当夜dàng yèthat very night; the same night
• 入夜rù yèat nightfall
• 雨夜yǔ yèrainy night
• 子夜zǐ yèmidnight
• 后半夜hòu bàn yèsecond half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
• 年夜饭nián yè fànreunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
• 月夜yuè yèmoonlit night
• 深更半夜shēn gēng bàn yèin the dead of night (idiom)
• 天方夜谭tiān fāng yè tánfantasy story

Characters built on 夂

These share the phonetic component 夂 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 各gèeach; every
• 畟cèsharp

Characters that look like 夜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 我wǒI; me; my
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 宗zōngschool; sect; purpose
• 亮liàngbright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear
• 虎hǔtiger
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield

Sounds the same

Read yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 页page; leaf
• 业line of business; industry; occupation
• 叶leaf; page; lobe
• 液(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 烨blaze of fire; glorious
• 谒to visit (a superior)
• 曳to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. yì
• 掖to support by the arm; to help; to promote
• 腋(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 晔bright light; to sparkle
• 咽to choke (in crying)
• 靥dimple