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夜
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[a night]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[a night]]
  2. 2 yeh chéui 夜吹 — to chat late at night, to be in contact at night (ad 21.1.2001, A12).
  3. 3 yeh gwáí 夜鬼 — a night-owl, an insomniac (djh 408, 26).
Other Readings
夜
dark | # adapted from cc-cedict | nocturnal | in night | night | by night
Words containing 夜
捱夜
宵夜
夜香
noun; night stool; night soil
成夜
the whole night
夜冷貨
noun; Flea market, bargains, auction goods, secondary goods market
夜車
Night trains | bike | bus
返夜
to work on the night shift
夜明珠
Luminescent pearls
夜光表
glow-in-the-dark watch; luminous watch
平安夜
Christmas Eve (lit., "silent night")
夜裡
at night; during the night | [粵]: 夜晚, 夜晚黑
去夜街
to go for a a late night out [colloquial]
夜視鏡
a night vision device
噚晚夜
last night
夜班
the night shift
一夜夫妻百日恩
lit. once married for the first night, there are 100 days of gratitude, meaning
日捱夜捱
work in tough conditions for day and night
夜晚
evening; night
夜鶯
nightingale
夜游神
Night Patrolling God in legendary superstition. Metaphor for people loitering ou
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