| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 夜 | 夜 | yè | - night |
| 宵 | 宵 | xiāo | - night |
| 宿 | 宿 | xiǔ | - night - classifier for nights |
| 晚 | 晚 | wǎn | - evening - night - late |
| 晦 | 晦 | huì | - dark - night - unlucky |
| 侵夜 | 侵夜 | qīnyè | - (literary) nightfall - night |
| 夜晚 | 夜晚 | yèwǎn | - night - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 晚上 | 晚上 | wǎnshang | - evening - night - CL:個|个[ge4] - in the evening |
| 晚间 | 晚間 | wǎnjiān | - evening - night |
| 黑夜 | 黑夜 | hēiyè | - night |
| 月黑天 | 月黑天 | yuèhēitiān | - the dark - night |
| 夤 | 夤 | yín | - late at night |
| 宿 | 宿 | sù | - lodge for the night - old - former |
| 汐 | 汐 | xī | - night tides - evening ebbtide - Taiwan pr. [xi4] |
| 人定 | 人定 | réndìng | - middle of the night - the dead of night |
| 元夜 | 元夜 | yuányè | - Lantern Festival - night of 15th of first lunar month - see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1] |
| 元宵 | 元宵 | yuánxiāo | - Lantern Festival - night of the 15th of the first lunar month - see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] - sticky rice dumplings |
| 初夜 | 初夜 | chūyè | - early evening - wedding night - (fig.) first sexual encounter |
| 半夜 | 半夜 | bànyè | - midnight - in the middle of the night |
| 夙夜 | 夙夜 | sùyè | - morning and night - always - at all times |
| 夜夜 | 夜夜 | yèyè | - every night |
| 夜市 | 夜市 | yèshì | - night market |
| 夜幕 | 夜幕 | yèmù | - curtain of night - gathering darkness |
| 夜校 | 夜校 | yèxiào | - evening school - night school |
| 夜班 | 夜班 | yèbān | - night shift |
| 夜空 | 夜空 | yèkōng | - night sky |
| 夜色 | 夜色 | yèsè | - night scene - the dim light of night |
| 夜行 | 夜行 | yèxíng | - night walk - night departure - nocturnal |
| 夜里 | 夜裡 | yèli | - during the night - at night - nighttime |
| 夜袭 | 夜襲 | yèxí | - night attack |
| 夜视 | 夜視 | yèshì | - night vision |
| 夜阑 | 夜闌 | yèlán | - late at night - in the dead of night |
| 夜惊 | 夜驚 | yèjīng | - night terror - sleep terror |
| 梦魔 | 夢魔 | mèngmó | - night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep) |
| 大粪 | 大糞 | dàfèn | - human excrement - night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) |
| 好睡 | 好睡 | hǎoshuì | - good night |
| 守夜 | 守夜 | shǒuyè | - night vigil |
| 守更 | 守更 | shǒugēng | - to keep watch during the night |
| 安歇 | 安歇 | ānxiē | - to go to bed - to retire for the night |
| 宵征 | 宵征 | xiāozhēng | - night journey - punitive expedition by night |
| 宵禁 | 宵禁 | xiāojìn | - night curfew |
| 宿草 | 宿草 | sùcǎo | - grass that has grown on a grave since last year - (fig.) grave - to have died long ago - fodder provided to animals for the night |
| 宿酒 | 宿酒 | sùjiǔ | - still drunk from the previous night |
| 幽明 | 幽明 | yōumíng | - the hidden and the visible - that which can be seen and that which cannot - darkness and light - night and day - wisdom and ignorance - evil and good - the living and the dead - men and ghosts |
| 彻夜 | 徹夜 | chèyè | - the whole night |
| 整夜 | 整夜 | zhěngyè | - the whole night - all through the night |
| 日夜 | 日夜 | rìyè | - day and night - around the clock |
| 昨夜 | 昨夜 | zuóyè | - last night |
| 昨晚 | 昨晚 | zuówǎn | - yesterday evening - last night |
| 晚车 | 晚車 | wǎnchē | - night train |
| 昼夜 | 晝夜 | zhòuyè | - day and night - period of 24 hours - continuously, without stop |
| 晨昏 | 晨昏 | chénhūn | - morning and twilight - day and night |
| 更夫 | 更夫 | gēngfū | - night watchman (in former times) |
| 更深 | 更深 | gēngshēn | - deep at night |
| 更阑 | 更闌 | gēnglán | - deep night |
| 更鼓 | 更鼓 | gēnggǔ | - drum marking night watches - night watchman's clapper |
| 月夜 | 月夜 | yuèyè | - moonlit night |
| 朝夕 | 朝夕 | zhāoxī | - morning and night - all the time |
| 查夜 | 查夜 | cháyè | - night patrol - to make nightly rounds |
| 歇息 | 歇息 | xiēxi | - to have a rest - to stay for the night - to go to bed - to sleep |
| 深夜 | 深夜 | shēnyè | - very late at night |
| 熬夜 | 熬夜 | áoyè | - to stay up late or all night |
| 留住 | 留住 | liúzhù | - to ask sb to stay - to keep sb for the night - to await (classical) |
| 当夜 | 當夜 | dāngyè | - on that night |
| 当夜 | 當夜 | dàngyè | - that very night - the same night |
| 白夜 | 白夜 | báiyè | - white night |
| 盗汗 | 盜汗 | dàohàn | - night sweats |
| 睡衣 | 睡衣 | shuìyī | - night clothes - pajamas |
| 粪便 | 糞便 | fènbiàn | - excrement - feces - night soil |
| 迪厅 | 迪廳 | dítīng | - disco - night club - abbr. for 迪斯科廳|迪斯科厅 |
| 通夜 | 通夜 | tōngyè | - all through the night - overnight |
| 连夜 | 連夜 | liányè | - that very night - through the night - for several nights in a row |
| 连宵 | 連宵 | liánxiāo | - the same night - that very night - successive nights |
| 过夜 | 過夜 | guòyè | - to spend the night - overnight |
| 长夜 | 長夜 | chángyè | - long dark night - fig. long period of misery and oppression |
| 雀盲 | 雀盲 | quèmáng | - night blindness |
| 头晚 | 頭晚 | tóuwǎn | - previous night |
| 首映 | 首映 | shǒuyìng | - premiere (of a play or film) - opening night - first-run - to premiere (a film) |
| 上半夜 | 上半夜 | shàngbànyè | - first half of the night - time before midnight |
| 夜生活 | 夜生活 | yèshēnghuó | - night life |
| 夜盲症 | 夜盲症 | yèmángzhèng | - night blindness - nyctalopia |
| 夜神仙 | 夜神仙 | yèshénxiān | - night owl - late sleeper |
| 夜视仪 | 夜視儀 | yèshìyí | - night vision device |
| 夜视镜 | 夜視鏡 | yèshìjìng | - night vision device |
| 夜阑珊 | 夜闌珊 | yèlánshān | - late at night |
| 打通宵 | 打通宵 | dǎtōngxiāo | - to spend the whole night |
| 长明灯 | 長明燈 | chángmíngdēng | - altar lamp burning day and night |
| 开夜车 | 開夜車 | kāiyèchē | - to burn the midnight oil - to work late into the night |
| 雀盲眼 | 雀盲眼 | qiǎomangyǎn | - night blindness (dialect) |
| 三更半夜 | 三更半夜 | sāngēngbànyè | - in the depth of the night - very late at night |
| 不分昼夜 | 不分晝夜 | bùfēnzhòuyè | - day and night - round-the-clock |
| 半夜三更 | 半夜三更 | bànyèsāngēng | - in the depth of night - late at night |
| 夜不成眠 | 夜不成眠 | yèbùchéngmián | - to be unable to sleep at night |
| 夜以继日 | 夜以繼日 | yèyǐjìrì | - night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort |
| 夜阑人静 | 夜闌人靜 | yèlánrénjìng | - the still of the night (idiom) - late at night |
| 梦寐以求 | 夢寐以求 | mèngmèiyǐqiú | - to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) - to long for sth day and night |
| 彻夜不眠 | 徹夜不眠 | chèyèbùmián | - to be sleepless all night |
| 挑灯夜战 | 挑燈夜戰 | tiǎodēngyèzhàn | - to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night - to burn the midnight oil |
| 日夜兼程 | 日夜兼程 | rìyèjiānchéng | - to travel day and night |
| 昼伏夜出 | 晝伏夜出 | zhòufúyèchū | - nocturnal - to hide by day and come out at night |
| 没日没夜 | 沒日沒夜 | méirìméiyè | - day and night - regardless of the time of day or night |
| 通宵达旦 | 通宵達旦 | tōngxiāodádàn | - overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long - day and night |
| 魂牵梦萦 | 魂牽夢縈 | húnqiānmèngyíng | - to miss - to yearn day and night |
| 魍魉鬼怪 | 魍魎鬼怪 | wǎngliǎngguǐguài | - ghoulies and bogeys - things that go bump in the night |
| 洞房花烛夜 | 洞房花燭夜 | dòngfánghuāzhúyè | - wedding night |
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