夜
间

Nighttime in Chinese: 夜间 (yè jiān)

yè jiān

nighttime

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 夜間1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1nighttime
  2. 2evening or night (e.g. classes)

Stroke order

Watch how to write 夜间 stroke by stroke.

夜
间

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

夜间

Simplified

夜間

Traditional

Example sentences

See 夜间 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 夜间开车一定要小心。

    yè jiān kāi chē yí dìng yào xiǎo xīn。

    You must be careful when driving at night.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

夜

yè

night

间

jiān

between

房间

fáng jiān

room

时间

shí jiān

time

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

空间

kōng jiān

space

期间

qī jiān

period of time

半夜

bàn yè

midnight

夜里

yè li

during the night

民间

mín jiān

among the people

之间

zhī jiān

(after a noun) between

间接

jiàn jiē

indirect

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 5 vocabulary list

Learn 夜间 with spaced repetition

Add 夜间 (yè jiān) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included