yè

夜

night, dark; under cover of night

HSK 2.0 · 5 HSK 3.0 · 2
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Words with 夜

半夜 bàn yè midnight; in the middle of the night HSK 2
夜里 yè li during the night; at night HSK 2
夜间 yè jiān nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) HSK 5
黑夜 hēi yè night HSK 6
日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
开夜车 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil; to work late into the night HSK 6
夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7–9
深夜 shēn yè very late at night HSK 7–9
熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night HSK 7–9
夜班 yè bān night shift HSK 7–9
夜总会 yè zǒng huì nightclub; nightspot HSK 7–9
年夜饭 nián yè fàn New Year's Eve family dinner HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
夕 evening, night, dusk; slanted
Parts
亠 + 亻 + 夕
Structure
Top–bottom
Traditional
亱
Unicode
U+591C

Ideographic: A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕