Chinese symbol for “overnight”
一夜之间
yī yè zhī jiān
Traditional: 一夜之間
(lit. and fig.) overnight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overnight is 一夜之间 (yī yè zhī jiān), defined as: (lit. and fig.) overnight.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overnight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隔夜 | gé yè | overnight; of the previous day |
| 一夕 | yī xī | overnight; instantly; very quickly |
| 过夜 (過夜) | guò yè | to spend the night; overnight |
| 一朝一夕 | yī zhāo yī xī | lit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time |
| 通夜 | tōng yè | all through the night; overnight |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一夜之间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overnight”.
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