variant of 夜[ye4]

to spend the night; overnight

midnight; in the middle of the night

night

tonight; this evening

very late at night

the whole night; all through the night

day and night; around the clock

to stay up late or all night

last night

the eve; the night before

the middle of the night

Silent Night (Christmas carol); Christmas Eve

to be on all-night duty; to be on night watch; to keep a vigil

midnight snack; late-night snack

the whole night

every night

(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night

long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression

that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row

early evening; wedding night; (fig.) first sexual encounter

day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop

endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

nightly

day and night; regardless of the time of day or night

in the dead of night (idiom)

moonlit night

to be on night duty

(literary) nightfall; night

on night duty

Lantern Festival; night of 15th of first lunar month; see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]

at nightfall

to stay up all night; to pull an all-nighter

to book a service for overnight use (karaoke room, internet café etc); (euphemism) to hire a companion or escort for the night

morning and night; always; at all times

(literary) late at night; in the dead of night

the second half of the night; early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3 ye4], evening); (fig.) eternal rest; death; (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk

midnight

to stay overnight

the first half of the night; evening (cf. 大夜[da4 ye4], early morning)

lunar New Year's Eve

on that night

that very night; the same night

all night long

starlit night; by night; under the night sky; through the night

polar night

night patrol; to make nightly rounds

nighttime snack; late-night supper

(literary) late at night