更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 夜晚 yè wǎn night / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night / overnight syn 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes / pajamas syn 夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 黑夜 hēi yè night 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 夜班 yè bān night shift syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 彻夜 徹夜 chè yè the whole night syn 夜色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night syn 昨夜 zuó yè last night syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 夜以继日 夜以繼日 yè yǐ jì rì night and day (idiom) / continuous strenuous effort syn 夜空 yè kōng night sky 露宿 lù sù to sleep outdoors / to spend the night in the open syn 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 深邃 shēn suì deep (valley or night) / abstruse / hidden in depth syn 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 月夜 yuè yè moonlit night 夜生活 yè shēng huó night life 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night syn 夜猫子 夜貓子 yè māo zi owl / (fig.) night owl syn 天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn 朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 昙花一现 曇花一現 tán huā yī xiàn lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived syn 夜市 yè shì night market 夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn 投宿 tóu sù to lodge / to stay (for the night) syn 盗汗 盜汗 dào hàn night sweats syn 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night syn 皮包公司 pí bāo gōng sī lit. briefcase company / dummy corporation / shell company / fly-by-night company 安歇 ān xiē to go to bed / to retire for the night syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 夜袭 夜襲 yè xí night attack 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night / all the time syn 消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack / late-night supper syn 当夜 當夜 dàng yè that very night / the same night syn 昙花 曇花 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) syn 夜来香 夜來香 yè lái xiāng tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木[ye4xiang1mu4]) 打更 dǎ gēng to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times) 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn 更深 gēng shēn deep at night 夜夜 yè yè every night 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 夜行 yè xíng night walk / night departure / nocturnal 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack / late-night snack 迪厅 迪廳 dí tīng disco / night club / abbr. for 迪斯科廳|迪斯科厅 当夜 當夜 dāng yè on that night syn 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 夜视 夜視 yè shì night vision 五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 黑天 hēi tiān night / nightfall 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn 白夜 bái yè white night 好睡 hǎo shuì good night 二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) 晨昏 chén hūn morning and twilight / day and night syn 四更 sì gēng fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 夜视仪 夜視儀 yè shì yí night vision device 热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack 披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours syn 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 昼伏夜出 晝伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night 长明灯 長明燈 cháng míng dēng altar lamp burning day and night 更夫 gēng fū night watchman (in former times) 晚 wǎn evening / night / late syn 夜 yè night syn 宿 sù lodge for the night / old / former syn 宿 xiǔ night / classifier for nights syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 宵 xiāo night syn 夜盲症 yè máng zhèng night blindness / nyctalopia 