夜 (yè) means Night. Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
深 夜 的街道很安静。
Shēn yè de jiēdào hěn ānjìng.
The streets are quiet late at night.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夜
医生连 夜 抢救伤员。
Yīshēng liányè qiǎngjiù shāngyuán.
The doctors worked through the night to save the injured.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抢救
这里昼 夜 温差很大。
Zhèlǐ zhòuyè wēnchā hěn dà.
The difference between day and night temperatures here is large.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昼夜
经常熬 夜 对身体不好。
Jīngcháng áoyè duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.
Staying up late often is bad for your health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熬夜
熬 夜 会导致身体变差。
Áoyè huì dǎozhì shēntǐ biàn chà.
Staying up late leads to worse health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
村民连 夜 加固了堤坝。
Cūnmín liányè jiāgù le dībà.
The villagers reinforced the embankment overnight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堤坝
气温在 夜 里急剧下降。
Qìwēn zài yè lǐ jíjù xiàjiàng.
The temperature dropped sharply during the night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急剧
深 夜 的山村格外寂静。
Shēnyè de shāncūn géwài jìjìng.
The mountain village is especially still late at night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寂静
豆子要提前浸泡一 夜 。
Dòuzi yào tíqián jìnpào yí yè.
The beans need soaking overnight beforehand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 浸泡
这里的 夜 景非常迷人。
Zhèlǐ de yèjǐng fēicháng mírén.
The night view here is enchanting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迷人
熬 夜 会打乱生理节奏。
Áoyè huì dǎluàn shēnglǐ jiézòu.
Staying up late disrupts the body's rhythm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生理
熬 夜 赶工往往得不偿失。
Áoyè gǎngōng wǎngwǎng dé bù cháng shī.
Working through the night to catch up usually costs more than it gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
夜 空中点缀着无数星星。
Yèkōng zhōng diǎnzhuìzhe wúshù xīngxing.
The night sky is studded with countless stars.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 点缀
熬 夜 之后他感到很疲倦。
Áoyè zhīhòu tā gǎndào hěn píjuàn.
After staying up all night he felt very tired.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疲倦
夜 里下雨，帐篷有点漏。
Yè lǐ xià yǔ, zhàngpeng yǒudiǎn lòu.
It rained in the night and the tent leaked a little.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 帐篷
为了考试，他昨天熬 夜 了。
Wèile kǎoshì, tā zuótiān áoyè le.
He stayed up all night yesterday for the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熬夜
长期熬 夜 摧残着他的身体。
Chángqī áoyè cuīcánzhe tā de shēntǐ.
Staying up late for years is ruining his health.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摧残
夏天的 夜 晚显得格外短促。
Xiàtiān de yèwǎn xiǎnde géwài duǎncù.
Summer nights seem particularly fleeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 短促
昨 夜 降雨量达到五十毫米。
Zuóyè jiàngyǔliàng dádào wǔshí háomǐ.
Last night's rainfall reached fifty millimetres.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毫米
他们在山谷里埋伏了一 夜 。
Tāmen zài shāngǔ lǐ máifu le yí yè.
They lay in ambush in the valley all night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 埋伏
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From the graded readers
那天我做到 夜 里一点。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zuòdào yèlǐ yīdiǎn.
I worked until one in the morning that night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
夜 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 夜
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 夜
How is 夜 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 夜 (yè, "Night"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 夜 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 夜 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 夜 an HSK word?
Yes — 夜 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 夜?
The dictionary page for 夜 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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