A fire broke out during the night.
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夜间
Traditional: 夜間
yè jiān
HSK 3.0 · 5
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yè jiān · je6 gaan1 (Jyutping)
- nighttime
- evening or night (e.g. classes)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
The enemy attacked us at night.
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