The Chinese word for night is
夜晚
yèwǎn
Translations for night and their definitions
| 夜晚 | |
| 1. n. night; nightfall |
| 夜 | |
| 1. night | |
| 晝 短 夜 長 - short days and long nights - | |
| 2. (Cantonese) late (in the night) | |
| 我 呢ni1排 晚晚 都 好 夜 先 返屋企kei2。 - Recently, I've been going home quite late in the night. | |
| 我 夜 啲 先 走 都 得。 - I can leave later in the evening. | |
| 三 天 兩 夜 (sān tiān liǎng yè) - three days and two nights | |
| 3. (Cantonese) night shift; night work | |
| 4. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 暝 (-) |
| 宵 | |
| 1. (literary) night; evening | |
| 2. (archaic) Synonym of 小 (small) | |
| 3. Alternative form of 肖 (to resemble) |
| 黄昏 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 黃昏 |
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