Chinese symbol for “nighttime”
夜间
yè jiān
Traditional: 夜間
nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nighttime is 夜间 (yè jiān), defined as: nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nighttime”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夜间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 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 |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nighttime”.
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.