"夜" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 夜 |  yè | night |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night / CL:個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜里 | yè li | during the night / at night / nighttime | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜间 | yè jiān | nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜色 | yè sè | night scene / the dim light of night | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜空 | yè kōng | night sky | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜景 | yè jǐng | nightscape | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜幕 | yè mù | curtain of night / gathering darkness | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜夜 | yè yè | every night | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜半 | yè bàn | midnight | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜市 | yè shì | night market | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜曲 | yè qǔ | nocturne (music) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜光 | yè guāng | luminous | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜行 | yè xíng | night walk / night departure / nocturnal | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜班 | yè bān | night shift | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜宵 | yè xiāo | midnight snack | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜游 | yè yóu | to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜视 | yè shì | night vision | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜郎 | Yè láng | small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜袭 | yè xí | night attack | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜莺 | yè yīng | nightingale | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜校 | yè xiào | evening school / night school | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜场 | yè chǎng | evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜鹰 | yè yīng | nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜壶 | yè hú | chamber pot | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜盲 | yè máng | night blindness | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜叉 | yè chā | yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword) / (fig.) ferocious-looking person | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜大 | yè dà | evening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学[ye4 da4 xue2]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜店 | yè diàn | nightclub | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜惊 | yè jīng | night terror / sleep terror | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜阑 | yè lán | late at night / in the dead of night | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜鹭 | yè lù | (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜鸟 | yè niǎo | nocturnal bird | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜枭 | yè xiāo | owl | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夜消 | yè xiāo | variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 夜总会 | yè zǒng huì | nightclub / nightspot | |
| 夜生活 | yè shēng huó | night life | |
| 夜来香 | yè lái xiāng | tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木[ye4xiang1mu4]) | |
| 夜猫子 | yè māo zi | owl / (fig.) night owl | |
| 夜视仪 | yè shì yí | night vision device | |
| 夜盲症 | yè máng zhèng | night blindness / nyctalopia | |
| 夜阑珊 | yè lán shān | late at night | |
| 夜行人 | night commuter | | |
| 夜大学 | yè dà xué | evening college | |
| 夜间部 | yè jiān bù | (Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school | |
| 夜开花 | yè kāi huā | bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1]) | |
| 夜盆儿 | yè pén r | chamber pot | |
| 夜神仙 | yè shén xiān | night owl / late sleeper | |
| 夜视镜 | yè shì jìng | night vision device | |
| 夜香木 | yè xiāng mù | night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) | |
| 夜宵儿 | yè xiāo r | erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1] | |
| 夜行军 | yè xíng jūn | a night march | |
| 夜行性 | yè xíng xìng | nocturnality / nocturnal | |
| 夜巡者 | yè xún zhě | Night | |
| 夜游症 | yè yóu zhèng | somnambulism / sleepwalking | |
| 夜深人静 | yè shēn rén jìng | in the dead of night (idiom) | |
| 夜以继日 | yè yǐ jì rì | night and day (idiom) / continuous strenuous effort | |
| 夜郎自大 | Yè láng zì dà | lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom) / fig. foolish conceit | |
| 夜阑人静 | yè lán rén jìng | the still of the night (idiom) / late at night | |
| 夜不闭户 | yè bù bì hù | lit. doors not locked at night (idiom) / fig. stable society | |
| 夜间巡逻 | night patrol | | |
| 夜不成眠 | yè bù chéng mián | to be unable to sleep at night | |
| 夜不归宿 | yè bù guī sù | to stay out all night (idiom) | |
| 夜床服务 | yè chuáng fú wù | (hospitality industry) turndown service | |
| 夜幕低垂 | yè mù dī chuí | darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc) | |
| 夜幕降临 | yè mù jiàng lín | nightfall | |
| 夜勤津贴 | yè qín jīn tiē | night differential | |
| 夜色苍茫 | yè sè cāng máng | gathering dusk | |
| 夜视装置 | yè shì zhuāng zhì | night observation device / night vision device | |
| 夜行昼伏 | yè xíng zhòu fú | to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) | |
| 夜间往返者 | night commuter | | |
| 夜凹脸蝠科 | yè āo liǎn fú kē | Nycteridae | |
| 夜间战斗机 | yè jiān zhàn dòu jī | night | |
| 夜视瞄准具 | yè shì miáo zhǔn jù | night-viewing weapon sight / night-vision weapon sight | |
| 夜招待酒会 | yè zhāo dài jiǔ huì | evening cocktail reception | |
| 夜间工作公约 | Convention concerning Night Work | | |
| 夜视装置眼垫 | NOD eyepad | | |
| 夜视辅助设备 | night-viewing aid | | |
| 夜视装置叁角架 | NOD tripod | |
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| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night | | |
| 黑夜 | hēi yè | night | | |
| 午夜 | wǔ yè | midnight | | |
| 半夜 | bàn yè | midnight / in the middle of the night | | |
| 昨夜 | zuó yè | last night | | |
| 日夜 | rì yè | day and night / around the clock | | |
| 昼夜 | zhòu yè | day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop | | |
| 连夜 | lián yè | that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row | | |
| 过夜 | guò yè | to spend the night / overnight | | |
| 月夜 | yuè yè | moonlit night | | |
| 熬夜 | áo yè | to stay up late or all night | | |
| 彻夜 | chè yè | the whole night | | |
| 长夜 | cháng yè | long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression | | |
| 前夜 | qián yè | the eve / the night before | | |
| 初夜 | chū yè | early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter | | |
| 整夜 | zhěng yè | the whole night / all through the night | | |
| 子夜 | zǐ yè | midnight | | |
| 入夜 | rù yè | nightfall | | |
| 宵夜 | xiāo yè | midnight snack / late-night snack | | |
| 星夜 | xīng yè | starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night | | |
| 当夜 | dàng yè | that very night / the same night | | |
| 当夜 | dāng yè | on that night | | |
| 隔夜 | gé yè | overnight / of the previous day | | |
| 每夜 | měi yè | nightly | | |
| 守夜 | shǒu yè | to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil | | |
| 白夜 | bái yè | white night | | |
| 消夜 | xiāo yè | nighttime snack / late-night supper | | |
| 查夜 | chá yè | night patrol / to make nightly rounds | | |
| 包夜 | bāo yè | to book a service for overnight use (karaoke room, internet café / etc) / (euphemistic) to hire a companion or escort for the night | | |
| 成夜 | chéng yè | all night long | | |
| 大夜 | dà yè | the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk | | |
| 今夜 | jīn yè | tonight / this evening | | |
| 禁夜 | jìn yè | curfew | | |
| 年夜 | nián yè | lunar New Year's Eve | | |
| 侵夜 | qīn yè | (literary) nightfall / night | | |
| 起夜 | qǐ yè | to get up in the night to urinate | | |
| 上夜 | shàng yè | to be on night duty | | |
| 刷夜 | shuā yè | to stay up all night / to pull an all-nighter | | |
| 夙夜 | sù yè | morning and night / always / at all times | | |
| 宿夜 | sù yè | to stay overnight | | |
| 通夜 | tōng yè | all through the night / overnight | | |
| 小夜 | xiǎo yè | the first half of the night / evening (cf. 大夜[da4ye4], early morning) | | |
| 元夜 | yuán yè | Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1] | | |
| 值夜 | zhí yè | on night duty | | |
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| 年夜饭 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner | |
| 母夜叉 | mǔ yè chā | witch / shrew / vixen | |
| 开夜车 | kāi yè chē | to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night | |
| 上半夜 | shàng bàn yè | first half of the night / time before midnight | |
| 前半夜 | qián bàn yè | first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) | |
| 大半夜 | dà bàn yè | the middle of the night | |
| 大夜班 | dà yè bān | graveyard shift / late night shift | |
| 林夜鹰 | lín yè yīng | (bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) | |
| 欧夜鹰 | ōu yè yīng | (bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) | |
| 平安夜 | Píng ān Yè | Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve | |
| 犬夜叉 | Quǎn yè chà | Inuyasha, fictional character | |
| 深夜秀 | shēn yè xiù | The | |
| 万圣夜 | wàn shèng yè | Halloween (abbr. for 萬聖節前夜|万圣节前夜[Wan4 sheng4 jie2 Qian2 ye4]) | |
| 小年夜 | xiǎo nián yè | (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god) | |
| 小夜班 | xiǎo yè bān | evening shift / early night shift | |
| 小夜曲 | xiǎo yè qǔ | serenade | |
| 一夜情 | yī yè qíng | one night stand | |
| 棕夜鹭 | zōng yè lù | (bird species of China) nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) | |
| 天方夜谭 | tiān fāng yè tán | fantasy story | |
| 三更半夜 | sān gēng bàn yè | in the depth of the night / very late at night | |
| 半夜三更 | bàn yè sān gēng | in the depth of night / late at night | |
| 深更半夜 | shēn gēng bàn yè | in the dead of night (idiom) | |
| 昼伏夜出 | zhòu fú yè chū | nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night | |
| 熬更守夜 | áo gēng shǒu yè | to stay up through the night (idiom) | |
| 巴山夜雨 | Bā shān yè yǔ | rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution | |
| 俾夜作昼 | bǐ yè zuò zhòu | lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard | |
| 俾昼作夜 | bǐ zhòu zuò yè | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs) / fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour | |
| 卜昼卜夜 | bǔ zhòu bǔ yè | day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) | |
| 长夜漫漫 | cháng yè màn màn | endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering | |
| 长夜难明 | cháng yè nán míng | lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom) | |
| 黑天半夜 | hēi tiān bàn yè | lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night (idiom) | |
| 日夜兼程 | rì yè jiān chéng | to travel day and night | |
| 夙夜匪懈 | sù yè fěi xiè | to work from morning to night (idiom) | |
| 埃及夜鹰 | Aī jí yè yīng | (bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) | |
| 半夜三更 | bàn yè - sān gēng | see 三更半夜[san1geng1-ban4ye4] | |
| 不分昼夜 | bù fēn zhòu yè | day and night / round-the-clock | |
| 长尾夜鹰 | cháng wěi yè yīng | (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) | |
| 彻夜不眠 | chè yè bù mián | to be sleepless all night | |
| 隔夜投资 | gé yè tóu zī | overnight investment | |
| 黑天半夜 | hēi tiān - bàn yè | (idiom) in the middle of the night | |
| 蓝莓之夜 | lán méi zhī yè | My | |
| 漫漫长夜 | màn màn cháng yè | endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering | |
| 毛腿夜鹰 | máo tuǐ yè yīng | (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) | |
| 没日没夜 | méi rì méi yè | day and night / regardless of the time of day or night | |
| 普通夜鹰 | pǔ tōng yè yīng | (bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) | |
| 三更半夜 | sān gēng - bàn yè | (idiom) in the depth of the night / very late at night | |
| 水晶之夜 | shuǐ jīng zhī yè | Kristallnacht | |
| 夙兴夜寐 | sù xīng yè mèi | to rise early and sleep late (idiom) / to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends | |
| 台湾夜市 | tái wān yè shì | night | |
| 挑灯夜战 | tiǎo dēng yè zhàn | to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil | |
| 停留过夜 | tíng liú guò yè | remain over night | |
| 一夜无眠 | yī yè - wú mián | to have a sleepless night | |
| 一夜爆红 | yī yè bào hóng | to become popular overnight | |
| 一夜露水 | yī yè lù shui | one-night stand / ephemeral | |
| 一夜无眠 | yī yè wú mián | to have a sleepless night | |
| 一夜之间 | yī yè zhī jiān | (lit. and fig.) overnight | |
| 中亚夜鹰 | Zhōng yà yè yīng | (bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus) | |
| 昼短夜长 | zhòu duǎn yè cháng | the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) | |
| 昼夜节律 | zhòu yè jié lu:4 | circadian rhythm | |
| 春江花月夜 | Chūn jiāng huā yuè yè | River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhang1 Ruo4 xu1] | |
| 洞房花烛夜 | dòng fáng huā zhú yè | wedding night | |
| 蓝须夜蜂虎 | lán xū yè fēng hǔ | (bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) | |
| 毛腿耳夜鹰 | máo tuǐ ěr yè yīng | (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) | |
| 万圣节前夜 | wàn shèng jié qián yè | Halloween | |
| 一千零一夜 | Yī qiān Líng Yī Yè | The Book of One Thousand and One Nights | |
| 仲夏夜之梦 | Zhòng xià yè zhī mèng | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4] | |
| 昼夜平分点 | zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn | the equinox | |
| 红外夜视装置 | infrared NOD | | |
| 昼夜温度幅度 | zhòu yè wēn duó fú duó | diurnal temperature range | |
| 破屋又遭连夜雨 | pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ | see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3] | |
| 手提式夜视装置 | shǒu tí shì yè shì zhuāng zhì | handheld NOD | |
| 屋漏更遭连夜雨 | wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ | when it rains, it pours (idiom) | |
| 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 | wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ | when it rains, it pours (idiom) | |
| 妇女夜间工作公约 | Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night | | |
| 中型夜航通用直升机 | medium night-time utility helicopter | | |
| 面包房夜间工作公约 | Convention concerning Night Work in Bakeries | | |
| 欧元隔夜平均利率指数 | Euro OverNight Index Average | | |
| 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 | mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù | a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) | |
| 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 | rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi | (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed | |
| 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 | píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng | He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience. | |
| 受雇用于工业的未成年人夜间工作公约 | Convention concerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry | |
