Word

夜 (yè) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 4

夜 (yè) is a Chinese word: night. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 夜

名 míng noun

night

夜深了,该睡觉了。

yè shēn le gāi shuì jiào le

It's late at night, time to sleep.

量 liàng measure word

night

我在北京住了三夜。

wǒ zài Běi jīng zhù le sān yè

I stayed in Beijing for three nights.

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Word breakdown

夜 yè — night

Structure & writing
1 夜 yè — night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼'
夜 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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