夜 yè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
夜班
yèbān
night shift
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Example phrases
- 长期上夜班会打乱生物钟，因此医院必须更重视员工轮休制度。 Chángqī shàng yèbān huì dǎluàn shēngwùzhōng, yīncǐ yīyuàn bìxū gèng zhòngshì yuángōng lúnxiū zhìdù. Working night shifts long term disrupts the biological clock, so hospitals must pay more attention to staff rotation systems.
- 他上夜班，白天要睡觉，请你下午再打电话。 Tā shàng yèbān, báitiān yào shuìjiào, qǐng nǐ xiàwǔ zài dǎ diànhuà. He works the night shift and sleeps during the day, so please call again in the afternoon.
- 上夜班虽然辛苦，但工资比白班高一些。 Shàng yèbān suīrán xīnkǔ, dàn gōngzī bǐ báibān gāo yīxiē. Working the night shift is hard, but the pay is a bit higher than the day shift.
Related words
- 半夜 bànyè midnight; late at night
- 夜 yè night
- 夜里 yèli at night
- 夜间 yèjiān at night, night time
- 日夜 rìyè day and night
- 深夜 shēnyè late night
- 彻夜 chèyè all night; throughout the night
- 连夜 liányè overnight; through the night
- 夜校 yèxiào night school
- 夜宵 yèxiāo late-night snack
- 夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì day and night; around the clock
- 昼夜 zhòuyè day and night; around the clock