夜 yè, [亱], variant of 夜[yè], night 夜晚 yèwǎn, night/CL:個|个[gè] 午夜 wǔyè, midnight 半夜 bànyè, midnight/in the middle of the night 过夜 guòyè, [過夜], to spend the night/overnight 夜总会 yèzǒnghuì, [夜總會], nightclub/nightspot 夜里 yèli, [夜裡], during the night/at night/nighttime 整夜 zhěngyè, the whole night/all through the night 今夜 jīnyè, tonight/this evening 深夜 shēnyè, very late at night 黑夜 hēiyè, night 夜间 yèjiān, [夜間], nighttime/evening or night (e.g. classes) 夜班 yèbān, night shift 熬夜 áoyè, to stay up late or all night 前夜 qiányè, the eve/the night before 日夜 rìyè, day and night/around the clock 彻夜 chèyè, [徹夜], the whole night 夜色 yèsè, night scene/the dim light of night 昨夜 zuóyè, last night 守夜 shǒuyè, to be on all-night duty/to be on night watch/to keep a vigil 长夜 chángyè, [長夜], long dark night/fig. long period of misery and oppression 夜莺 yèyīng, [夜鶯], nightingale 夜幕 yèmù, curtain of night/gathering darkness 夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì, [夜以繼日], night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort 夜空 yèkōng, night sky 夜校 yèxiào, evening school/night school 夜生活 yèshēnghuó, night life 连夜 liányè, [連夜], that very night/through the night/for several nights in a row 夜鹰 yèyīng, [夜鷹], nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 月夜 yuèyè, moonlit night 昼夜 zhòuyè, [晝夜], day and night/period of 24 hours/continuously, without stop 夜宵 yèxiāo, midnight snack 子夜 zǐyè, midnight 夜猫子 yèmāozi, [夜貓子], owl/(fig.) night owl 半夜三更 bànyèsāngēng, in the depth of night/late at night 夜游 yèyóu, [夜遊], to go to some place at night/to take a night trip to (a place)/to sleepwalk 隔夜 géyè, overnight/of the previous day 夜曲 yèqǔ, nocturne (music) 小夜曲 xiǎoyèqǔ, serenade 夜景 yèjǐng, nightscape 天方夜谭 TiānfāngYètán/tiānfāngyètán, [天方夜譚], The Arabian Nights (classic story), fantasy story 开夜车 kāiyèchē, [開夜車], to burn the midnight oil/to work late into the night 夜半 yèbàn, midnight 入夜 rùyè, nightfall 夜场 yèchǎng, [夜場], evening show (at theater etc) 夜市 yèshì, night market 彻夜不眠 chèyèbùmián, [徹夜不眠], to be sleepless all night 夜深人静 yèshēnrénjìng, [夜深人靜], in the dead of night (idiom) 母夜叉 mǔyèchā, witch/shrew/vixen 夜壶 yèhú, [夜壺], chamber pot 夜袭 yèxí, [夜襲], night attack 夜叉 yèchā, yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)/(fig.) ferocious-looking person 消夜 xiāoyè, nighttime snack/late-night supper 当夜 dāngyè/dàngyè, [當夜], on that night, that very night/the same night 夜盲症 yèmángzhèng, night blindness/nyctalopia 夜不闭户 yèbùbìhù, [夜不閉戶], lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society 值夜 zhíyè, on night duty 前半夜 qiánbànyè, first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) 夜郎自大 Yèlángzìdà, lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)/fig. foolish conceit 夜来香 yèláixiāng, [夜來香], tuberose/Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木 日夜兼程 rìyèjiānchéng, to travel day and night 上半夜 shàngbànyè, first half of the night/time before midnight 夜阑人静 yèlánrénjìng, [夜闌人靜], the still of the night (idiom)/late at night 一千零一夜 YīqiānLíngYīYè, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights 一夜之间 yīyèzhījiān, [一夜之間], (lit. and fig.) overnight 一夜情 yīyèqíng, one night stand 一夜爆红 yīyèbàohóng, [一夜爆紅], to become popular overnight 一夜露水 yīyèlùshui, one-night stand/ephemeral 三更半夜 sāngēngbànyè, in the depth of the night/very late at night 上夜 shàngyè, to be on night duty 不分昼夜 bùfēnzhòuyè, [不分晝夜], day and night/round-the-clock 中亚夜鹰 Zhōngyàyèyīng, [中亞夜鷹], (bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus) 仲夏夜之梦 Zhòngxiàyèzhīmèng, [仲夏夜之夢], Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Shā shì bǐ yà] 侵夜 qīnyè, (literary) nightfall/night 俾夜作昼 bǐyèzuòzhòu, [俾夜作晝], lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil/work especially... 俾昼作夜 bǐzhòuzuòyè, [俾晝作夜], to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure... 元夜 yuányè, Lantern Festival/night of 15th of first lunar month/see also 元宵[yuán xiāo] 初夜 chūyè, early evening/wedding night/(fig.) first sexual encounter 包夜 bāoyè, to buy an all-night package/(esp.) to book a prostitute for the night 卜昼卜夜 bǔzhòubǔyè, [卜晝卜夜], day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) 埃及夜鹰 Āijíyèyīng, [埃及夜鷹], (bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) 夙兴夜寐 sùxīngyèmèi, [夙興夜寐], to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard/to study diligently/to burn t... 夙夜 sùyè, morning and night/always/at all times 夙夜匪懈 sùyèfěixiè, to work from morning to night (idiom) 夜不归宿 yèbùguīsù, [夜不歸宿], to stay out all night (idiom) 夜不成眠 yèbùchéngmián, to be unable to sleep at night 夜光 yèguāng, luminous 夜夜 yèyè, every night 夜大学 yèdàxué, [夜大學], evening college 夜宵儿 yèxiāor, [夜宵兒], erhua variant of 夜宵[yè xiāo] 夜幕低垂 yèmùdīchuí, darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc) 夜幕降临 yèmùjiànglín, [夜幕降臨], nightfall 夜店 yèdiàn, nightclub 夜开花 yèkāihuā, [夜開花], bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hù guā]) 夜惊 yèjīng, [夜驚], night terror/sleep terror 夜招待酒会 yèzhāodàijiǔhuì, [夜招待酒會], evening cocktail reception 夜枭 yèxiāo, [夜梟], owl 夜消 yèxiāo, variant of 夜宵[yè xiāo] 夜游症 yèyóuzhèng, [夜遊症], somnambulism/sleepwalking 夜盆儿 yèpénr, [夜盆兒], chamber pot 夜神仙 yèshénxiān, night owl/late sleeper 夜色苍茫 yèsècāngmáng, [夜色蒼茫], gathering dusk 夜行 yèxíng, night walk/night departure/nocturnal 夜行军 yèxíngjūn, [夜行軍], a night march 夜行性 yèxíngxìng, nocturnal 夜行昼伏 yèxíngzhòufú, [夜行晝伏], to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) 夜视 yèshì, [夜視], night vision 夜视仪 yèshìyí, [夜視儀], night vision device 夜视镜 yèshìjìng, [夜視鏡], night vision device 夜郎 Yèláng, small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty 夜阑 yèlán, [夜闌], late at night/in the dead of night 夜阑珊 yèlánshān, [夜闌珊], late at night 夜香木 yèxiāngmù, Cestrum nocturnum 夜鸟 yèniǎo, [夜鳥], nocturnal bird 夜鹭 yèlù, [夜鷺], (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 大半夜 dàbànyè, the middle of the night 宵夜 xiāoyè, midnight snack/late-night snack 宿夜 sùyè, to stay overnight 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 wūlòupiānféngliányèyǔ, [屋漏偏逢連夜雨], when it rains, it pours (idiom) 屋漏更遭连夜雨 wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ, [屋漏更遭連夜雨], when it rains, it pours (idiom) 巴山夜雨 Bāshānyèyǔ, rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land/Evening Rain, 1980 movie about t... 平安夜 PíngānYè, Silent Night (Christmas carol)/Christmas Eve 年夜 niányè, lunar New Year's Eve 年夜饭 niányèfàn, [年夜飯], New Year's Eve family dinner 成夜 chéngyè, all night long 挑灯夜战 tiǎodēngyèzhàn, [挑燈夜戰], to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night/to bu... 春江花月夜 Chūnjiānghuāyuèyè, River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhāng Ruò xū] 昼伏夜出 zhòufúyèchū, [晝伏夜出], nocturnal/to hide by day and come out at night 昼夜平分点 zhòuyèpíngfēndiǎn, [晝夜平分點], the equinox 昼夜节律 zhòuyèjiélǜ, [晝夜節律], circadian rhythm 昼短夜长 zhòuduǎnyècháng, [晝短夜長], the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) 普通夜鹰 pǔtōngyèyīng, [普通夜鷹], (bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) 林夜鹰 línyèyīng, [林夜鷹], (bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) 查夜 cháyè, night patrol/to make nightly rounds 棕夜鹭 zōngyèlù, [棕夜鷺], (bird species of China) rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) 欧夜鹰 Ōuyèyīng, [歐夜鷹], (bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) 每夜 měiyè, nightly 毛腿耳夜鹰 máotuǐěryèyīng, [毛腿耳夜鷹], (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) 没日没夜 méirìméiyè, [沒日沒夜], day and night/regardless of the time of day or night 洞房花烛夜 dòngfánghuāzhúyè, [洞房花燭夜], wedding night 深更半夜 shēngēngbànyè, in the dead of night (idiom) 漫漫长夜 mànmànchángyè, [漫漫長夜], endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering 熬更守夜 áogēngshǒuyè, to stay up through the night (idiom) 犬夜叉 Quǎnyèchà, Inuyasha, fictional character 白夜 báiyè, white night 破屋又遭连夜雨 pòwūyòuzāoliányèyǔ, [破屋又遭連夜雨], see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ] 禁夜 jìnyè, curfew 蓝须夜蜂虎 lánxūyèfēnghǔ, [藍鬚夜蜂虎], (bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) 通夜 tōngyè, all through the night/overnight 长夜漫漫 chángyèmànmàn, [長夜漫漫], endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering 长夜难明 chángyènánmíng, [長夜難明], lit. many nights under a harsh moon/long years of oppression (idiom) 长尾夜鹰 chángwěiyèyīng, [長尾夜鷹], (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) 黑天半夜 hēitiānbànyè, lit. the black sky of midnight/very late at night (idiom)