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(yè wǎn) - night, nighttime in Mandarin

wǎn

Traditional: 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

Stroke order for 夜

Stroke order for 晚

Examples

The city is quiet at night.

He likes to read at night.

The night sky is full of stars.

màn

This night was especially long.

wēnjiàng

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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This word is part of lesson 34.