夜
里

During the night in Chinese: 夜里 (yè li)

yè li

during the night

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 夜裡1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1during the night
  2. 2at night
  3. 3nighttime

Stroke order

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夜
里

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄌㄧ

li

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄧ/ i

Simplified & traditional

夜里

Simplified

夜裡

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 夜里太冷，我睡不着。

    yè li tài lěng， wǒ shuì bù zhe。

    It's too cold at night, so I can't sleep.

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Related words

里

lǐ

lining

夜

yè

night

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

家里

jiā lǐ

home

里边

lǐ bian

inside

哪里

nǎ lǐ

where?

那里

nà li

there

这里

zhè lǐ

here

半夜

bàn yè

midnight

里头

lǐ tou

inside

心里

xīn li

chest

里面

lǐ miàn

inside

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