Chinese symbol for “nightfall”
夜幕降临
yè mù jiàng lín
Traditional: 夜幕降臨
nightfall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nightfall is 夜幕降临 (yè mù jiàng lín), defined as: nightfall.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nightfall”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 黑天 | hēi tiān | night; nightfall |
| 侵夜 | qīn yè | (literary) nightfall; night |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夜幕降临.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 夜间 (夜間) | yè jiān | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 午夜 | wǔ yè | midnight |
| 半夜 | bàn yè | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 夜里 (夜裡) | yè li | during the night; at night |
| 开幕 (開幕) | kāi mù | to open (a conference); to inaugurate |
| 幕后 (幕後) | mù hòu | behind the scenes |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 面临 (面臨) | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nightfall”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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