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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)

昨夜
zuóyè
last night
熬夜
áoyè
to stay up late or all night
HSK 5
宿夜
sùyè
to stay overnight
日夜
rìyè
day and night
昼夜
zhòuyè
day and night
HSK 6
深夜
shēnyè
very late at night
守夜
shǒuyè
night vigil
宵夜
xiāoyè
midnight snack
彻夜
chèyè
the whole night
整夜
zhěngyè
the whole night
夜间
yèjiān
nighttime
夜鹰
yèyīng
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
每夜
měiyè
nightly
消夜
xiāoyè
nighttime snack
夜鹭
yèlù
(Chinese bird species) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
子夜
zǐyè
midnight
初夜
chūyè
early evening
夜色
yèsè
night scene
今夜
jīnyè
tonight
年夜
niányè
eve of lunar new year

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