夜

• 拼音: yè
• 汉字拆解: 夜 = 亠 (top radical) + 亻 (person) + 夕 (evening), depicting a person at night

含义

Night; nighttime. The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

A slightly more literary or formal way to say night compared to 晚上. Often used in compound words like 夜里 (at night), 夜晚 (nighttime), 半夜 (midnight), and 深夜 (late at night). Can stand alone in more poetic or written contexts.

例句

1. 这里的夜很安静，可以听到虫子的声音。
2. 他工作到深夜才回家。
3. 夏天的夜比冬天的短。

用法指南

语境: everyday, literary

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 昨天夜里下了一场大雨。(It rained heavily last night.)
• 除夕夜我们全家一起吃饭。(On New Year's Eve, our whole family eats together.)

错误说法

• 我夜去超市买东西了。(Don't use 夜 alone as a time word in everyday speech — say 晚上 or 夜里 instead.)

起源与历史

Pictographic character originally depicting a person (亻) under the moon at night. The modern form retains the radical 亠 (head/roof) with 夕 (evening) as a component.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal