夜晚

• 拼音: yè wǎn
• 汉字拆解: 夜 = 亦 (also/shadow) + 夕 (dusk — deepening darkness after sunset); 晚 = 日 (sun) + 免 (evade/retreat — the sun retreating below the horizon; growing late)

含义

The night; nighttime. Refers to the period of darkness from after sunset until before dawn.

A more literary or atmospheric term compared to the neutral 晚上 or the formal 夜间. 夜晚 is preferred in written language, poetry, and descriptive prose to convey the quality of night — its stillness, mystery, or emotional resonance — rather than simply to state the time of day. Interchangeable with 夜间 in many contexts but slightly more evocative.

例句

1. 漫长的夜晚里，他辗转反侧难以入眠，脑海中反复回放着白天那场争论中双方的每一句话。
2. 这座海滨小城的夜晚格外宁静，只有海浪拍打礁石的声音和远处渔火的微光打破了深夜的寂静。
3. 夏季的夜晚，广场上聚集着纳凉的老人、追逐嬉戏的孩子和散步的年轻情侣，构成了一幅充满生活气息的市井图景。

用法指南

语境: literature, description, daily life, poetry

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 结尾时，主人公站在屋顶凝望城市夜晚，那片灯火既像牢笼，也像故乡，复杂情绪在胸中慢慢弥漫。(At the end, the protagonist stands on a rooftop gazing at the city's night; those lights seem both like a cage and like home, and a complex emotion slowly spreads through him.)
• 研究发现，城市夜晚的光污染会干扰候鸟导航、缩短昆虫寿命，这种隐蔽威胁正在侵蚀城郊生物多样性。(Research shows that light pollution in city nights can disrupt migratory bird navigation and shorten insect lifespans; this hidden threat is eroding biodiversity in suburban areas.)

错误说法

• 请在夜晚八点到达 — 夜晚 is literary and atmospheric, not a time marker; say 请在晚上八点到达 or 请在八点钟到达 for practical scheduling; 夜晚 describes the quality of night as a whole, not a specific clock time

起源与历史

夜 (night — 亦 shadow + 夕 dusk; the dark period after sunset) + 晚 (evening/late — 日 sun + 免 evade; the sun retreating, becoming late)

文化背景

时代: Classical/Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal