| 夜 | [ yè ] variant of 夜[ye4] |
| 夜不归宿 | [ yè bù guī sù ] to stay out all night (idiom) |
| 夜不闭户 | [ yè bù bì hù ] lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society |
| 夜以继日 | [ yè yǐ jì rì ] night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort |
| 夜来香 | [ yè laí xiāng ] tuberose, Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木 |
| 夜场 | [ yè chǎng ] evening show (at theater etc) |
| 夜壶 | [ yè hú ] chamber pot |
| 夜大学 | [ yè dà xué ] evening college |
| 夜宵儿 | [ yè ] erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1] |
| 夜幕降临 | [ yè mù jiàng lín ] nightfall |
| 夜招待酒会 | [ yè zhaō daì jiǔ huì ] evening cocktail reception |
| 夜枭 | [ yè ] owl |
| 夜深人静 | [ yè shēn rén jìng ] in the dead of night (idiom) |
| 夜盆儿 | [ yè pén ] chamber pot |
| 夜总会 | [ yè zǒng huì ] nightclub, nightspot |
| 夜色苍茫 | [ yè sè cāng máng ] gathering dusk |
| 夜行昼伏 | [ yè xíng zhoù fú ] to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) |
| 夜行军 | [ yè xíng jūn ] a night march |
| 夜里 | [ yè li ] during the night, at night, nighttime |
| 夜袭 | [ yè xí ] night attack |
| 夜视 | [ yè shì ] night vision |
| 夜视仪 | [ yè shì yí ] night vision device |
| 夜视镜 | [ yè shì jìng ] night vision device |
| 夜猫子 | [ yè maō zi ] owl, (fig.) night owl |
| 夜游 | [ yè yoú ] to go to some place at night, to take a night trip to (a place), to sleepwalk |
| 夜游症 | [ yè yoú zhèng ] somnambulism, sleepwalking |
| 夜开花 | [ yè kaī huā ] bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1]) |
| 夜间 | [ yè jiān ] nighttime, evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 夜间部 | [ yè jiān bù ] (Tw) evening program (at a college), night school |
| 夜阑 | [ yè lán ] late at night, in the dead of night |
| 夜阑人静 | [ yè lán rén jìng ] the still of the night (idiom), late at night |
| 夜阑珊 | [ yè lán shān ] late at night |
| 夜惊 | [ yè jīng ] night terror, sleep terror |
| 夜鸟 | [ yè ] nocturnal bird |
| 夜莺 | [ yè yīng ] nightingale |
| 夜鹰 | [ yè yīng ] nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) |
| 夜鹭 | [ yè lù ] (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
| ⇒ 一夜之间 | [ yī yè zhī jiān ] (lit. and fig.) overnight |
| ⇒ 一夜爆红 | [ yī yè baò hóng ] to become popular overnight |
| ⇒ 不分昼夜 | [ bù fēn zhoù yè ] day and night, round-the-clock |
| ⇒ 中亚夜鹰 | [ zhōng yà yè yīng ] (bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus) |
| ⇒ 仲夏夜之梦 | [ zhòng xià yè zhī mèng ] Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4] |
| ⇒ 俾夜作昼 | [ bǐ yè zuò zhoù ] lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil, work especially hard |
| ⇒ 俾昼作夜 | [ bǐ zhoù zuò yè ] to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour |
| ⇒ 卜昼卜夜 | [ bǔ zhoù bǔ yè ] day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) |
| ⇒ 埃及夜鹰 | [ aī jí yè yīng ] (bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) |
| ⇒ 夙兴夜寐 | [ sù xīng yè meì ] to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard, to study diligently, to burn the candle at both ends |
| ⇒ 天方夜谭 | [ tiān fāng yè tán ] The Arabian Nights (classic story) |
| ⇒ 天方夜谭 | [ tiān fāng yè tán ] fantasy story |
| ⇒ 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 | [ wū loù piān féng lián yè yǔ ] when it rains, it pours (idiom) |
| ⇒ 屋漏更遭连夜雨 | [ wū loù gèng zaō lián yè yǔ ] when it rains, it pours (idiom) |
| ⇒ 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 | [ píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì bàn yè mén xīn bù jīng ] He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night., Rest with a clear conscience. |
| ⇒ 年夜饭 | [ nián yè fàn ] New Year's Eve family dinner |
| ⇒ 彻夜 | [ chè yè ] the whole night |
| ⇒ 彻夜不眠 | [ chè yè bù mián ] to be sleepless all night |
| ⇒ 挑灯夜战 | [ dēng yè zhàn ] to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night, to burn the midnight oil |
| ⇒ 昼伏夜出 | [ zhoù fú yè chū ] nocturnal, to hide by day and come out at night |
| ⇒ 昼夜 | [ zhoù yè ] day and night, period of 24 hours, continuously, without stop |
| ⇒ 昼夜平分点 | [ zhoù yè píng fēn diǎn ] the equinox |
| ⇒ 昼夜节律 | [ zhoù yè jié lǜ ] circadian rhythm |
| ⇒ 昼短夜长 | [ zhoù duǎn yè cháng ] the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) |
| ⇒ 普通夜鹰 | [ pǔ tōng yè yīng ] (bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) |
| ⇒ 林夜鹰 | [ lín yè yīng ] (bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) |
| ⇒ 棕夜鹭 | [ zōng yè lù ] (bird species of China) rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) |
| ⇒ 欧夜鹰 | [ oū yè yīng ] (bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) |
| ⇒ 毛腿耳夜鹰 | [ maó tuǐ ěr yè yīng ] (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) |
| ⇒ 没日没夜 | [ meí rì meí yè ] day and night, regardless of the time of day or night |
| ⇒ 洞房花烛夜 | [ dòng fáng huā zhú yè ] wedding night |
| ⇒ 漫漫长夜 | [ màn màn cháng yè ] endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering |
| ⇒ 当夜 | [ dāng yè ] on that night |
| ⇒ 当夜 | [ dàng yè ] that very night, the same night |
| ⇒ 破屋又遭连夜雨 | [ pò wū yoù zaō lián yè yǔ ] see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3] |
| ⇒ 万圣夜 | [ wàn shèng yè ] Halloween (abbr. for 萬聖節前夜|万圣节前夜[Wan4 sheng4 jie2 Qian2 ye4]) |
| ⇒ 万圣节前夜 | [ wàn shèng jié qián yè ] Halloween |
| ⇒ 蓝须夜蜂虎 | [ lán xū yè fēng hǔ ] (bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni) |
| ⇒ 连夜 | [ lián yè ] that very night, through the night, for several nights in a row |
| ⇒ 过夜 | [ guò yè ] to spend the night, overnight |
| ⇒ 长夜 | [ cháng yè ] long dark night, fig. long period of misery and oppression |
| ⇒ 长夜漫漫 | [ cháng yè màn màn ] endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering |
| ⇒ 长夜难明 | [ cháng yè nán míng ] lit. many nights under a harsh moon, long years of oppression (idiom) |
| ⇒ 长尾夜鹰 | [ cháng weǐ yè yīng ] (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) |
| ⇒ 开夜车 | [ kaī yè chē ] to burn the midnight oil, to work late into the night |
| ⇒ 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 | [ mǎ wú yè caǒ bù feí rén wú waì bù fù ] a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) |
