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Meaning of 夜

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Pinyin:
English Definition: night
Chinese Definition:
①天黑的时间,与“日”或“昼”相对:夜晚。日日夜夜。夜阑(夜将尽时)。夜盲。夜幕。夜宵。夜话。夜袭。夜行。夜战。
②日昼。
Antonyms: 早点
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Ideographic: A person sneaking by under cover of night
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ tóu ] lid, cover; head
    • Left to right
      • [ rén ] man, person; people
      • [ ] evening, night, dusk; slanted
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Example Words
夜间 jiān nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
夜晚 wǎn night; Classifiers:
深夜 shēn very late at night
日夜 day and night; around the clock
半夜 bàn midnight; in the middle of the night
More: 夜* | *夜 | *夜*
Example Sentences
1
He appeared on Saturday Night Live.
2
We are all spending the night outside.
3
That night, too, the weather changed.
4
My wife interrogated me where I stayed over last night.
5
Gazing affectionately at you every night.