夜 (je6 | ye4 yi4) : night; dark, darkness

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夜

je6

ye4 yi4

[1] night; dark; darkness; in night [2] [n] night trip; night travelling; by night

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 夕 (#36)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

夜

This word has been viewed 13652 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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夜晚 je6 maan5 ye4 wan3 = at night; nighttime

夜晚黑 je6 maan5 haak1 = at night; nighttime 粵

前夜 cin4 je6 = eve; the night before

半夜 bun3 je6/6*2 ban4 ye4 = 12 midnight

日夜 jat6 je6 ri4 ye4 = day and night

夜裡 je6 leoi5 ye4 li3 = at night

夜校 je6 haau6 ye4 xiao4 = night school

夜學 je6 hok6 ye4 xue2 = night school

捱夜 ngaai4 je6*2 = stay up late 粵

除夕夜 ceoi4 zik6 je6 chu2 xi1 ye4 (PRC), chu2 xi4 ye4 (Taiwan) = New Year's Eve
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好夜㗎喇!! 粵
It's very late now!
[Here, 㗎喇 works as a simple reminder without 就 preceding it]

近排我一直都捱夜加班粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
[Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 夜
Unicode code for this character: U+591C (off-site link)

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