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夜
yè
1. night
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

夜
yè
night, dark; under cover of night
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

上夜
shàngyè
to be on night duty
今夜
jīnyè
tonight
侵夜
qīnyè
(literary) nightfall
值夜
zhíyè
on night duty
元夜
yuányè
Lantern Festival
入夜
rùyè
nightfall
初夜
chūyè
early evening
前夜
qiányè
the eve
午夜
wǔyè
midnight
半夜
bànyè
midnight
夜里
yèli
during the night
夙夜
sùyè
morning and night
夜光
yèguāng
luminous
夜半
yèbàn
midnight
夜叉
yèchā
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)
夜场
yèchǎng
evening show (at theater etc)
夜壶
yèhú
chamber pot
夜夜
yèyè
every night
夜宵
yèxiāo
midnight snack
夜市
yèshì
night market

Alternate Entries

夜
yè
variant of [[夜<yè>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
664
Word Frequency Rank
1,085 of 84,292

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