夜 yè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
夜里
yèli
at night
Characters in this word
里 lǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 里 — inside
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 夜里别出门。 Yèli bié chūmén. Do not go out at night.
- 他夜里工作。 Tā yèli gōngzuò. He works at night.
- 夜里很安静。 Yèli hěn ānjìng. Nighttime is very quiet.