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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yè | ye4
English translation
variant of [yè]
night, dark; under cover of night

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

A person  rén sneaking by under cover  tóu of night 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

tóu 亻夕

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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只好 zhǐhǎo 靠着 Jiào 夜校 yè xiào de 收入 shōurù jiāng jiù 度日 dù rì .

He will have made do with his take from the night school.

禁食 jìn shí 四十 sì shí 昼夜 zhòuyè , 后来 hòulái jiù 饿 è le .

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

夜间 yè jiān 这里 zhè lǐ 可能 kěnéng hěn Lěng .

It can get quite cold here at night.

午夜 wǔ yè qián , miàn Xiàng Dōng , 半空 bàn kōng 向上 xiàng shàng 寻找 xúnzhǎo .

Before midnight, face eastward, and look about halfway up.

一千零一金银 jīn yín dǎo dōu shì 传奇 chuán qí 故事 gùshì .

The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
variant of [yè]
夜晚 yè wǎn night夜晚 yè wǎn
半夜 bàn yè midnight半夜 bàn yè
午夜 wǔ yè midnight午夜 wǔ yè
夜间 yè jiān nighttime夜間
过夜 guò yè overnight過夜
深夜 shēn yè very late at night深夜 shēn yè
夜里 yè li at night夜裡
夜总会 yè zǒng huì nightclub夜總會
黑夜 hēi yè night黑夜 hēi yè
今夜 jīn yè tonight今夜 jīn yè
熬夜 áoyè to stay up late or all night熬夜 áoyè
整夜 zhěng yè the whole night整夜 zhěng yè
夜班 yè bān night shift夜班 yè bān
日夜 rì yè day and night日夜 rì yè
宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack宵夜 xiāo yè
夜色 yè sè night scene夜色 yè sè
连夜 lián yè that very night連夜
夜空 yè kōng night sky夜空 yè kōng
昨夜 zuó yè last night昨夜 zuó yè
前夜 qián yè the eve前夜 qián yè
昼夜 zhòuyè day and night晝夜
夜宵 yè xiāo midnight snack夜宵 yè xiāo
彻夜 chè yè the whole night徹夜
隔夜 gé yè overnight隔夜 gé yè

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