"夜" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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夜
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(Bushou)		 夕
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Decomp. 亠亻夕ㄟ
亠亻夂丶
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夜 yè night
Results beginning with 夜
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 theater 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[ye4 xiang1 mu4])
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 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
Approximate Results for 夜
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
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 buy an all-night package / (esp.) to book a prostitute for the night
成夜 chéng yè all night long
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
上夜 shàng yè to be on night duty
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
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
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) rufous 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)
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
蓝莓之夜 lán méi zhī yè My
漫漫长夜 màn màn cháng yè endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering
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)
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)
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
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