夜晚
yèwǎnTraditional: 夜晚
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Translation
night, nighttime
Word origin
A compound of 夜 (yè, night) and 晚 (wǎn, late, evening), two characters of similar meaning paired to name the night as a whole.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 夜 (yè, night) + 晚 (wǎn, late, evening)
Stroke order
夜
晚
Examples
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The city is quiet at night.
。
He likes to read at night.
。
The night sky is full of stars.
漫。
This night was especially long.
温降。
The temperature drops a lot at night.
夜晚 (yè wǎn) is a slightly literary word for the night or nighttime, often preferred in writing over the more colloquial 晚上. It names the period of darkness as a whole.
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