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2. Meiya
3. Midnight
4. Night
6. Inuyasha
7. Midnight
8. Fortnite
10. Only the sleepless know the length of night
11. One Who Does Not Do Bad Things, Worries Not of Knocks at His Door
As simple as that, 夜 is the character that means evening or night in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Sometimes can mean “in the dark.”
不眠之夜长久交知人心 literally translates as: [Only one who does] not sleep, learns how long the night is; [Only by] long acquaintance [does one] learn a person ['s true] character.
Basically, this proverb suggests that we really need to experience something intimately and for a long time to really know everything about it.
This can also be translated as “Spending years with someone is the only way to know them.”
Note: Sometimes this proverb is split into just the first or second idea alone (first 5 or last 5 characters only).
白天不做亏心事夜半敲门不吃惊 literally translates as: [If one does] not do bad things in the daytime, one need not be alarmed at knocks on the door in the middle of the night.
The meaning is something like, “A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.” Basically, the message is, “don't commit crimes and you won't be jumpy every time the doorbell rings (so don't do anything wrong and your life will have fewer worries and you can sleep at night).”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 夜 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
夜 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh yoru(p); yo よる(P); よ |
More info & calligraphy: Night / Evening(n,adv) (1) evening; night; (2) (よる only) dinner; (female given name) Yoru Night; translit ya. |
午夜 see styles |
wǔ yè wu3 ye4 wu yeh |
More info & calligraphy: Midnight |
夜晚 see styles |
yè wǎn ye4 wan3 yeh wan |
More info & calligraphy: Night |
明夜 see styles |
myouya / myoya みょうや |
More info & calligraphy: Meiya |
静夜 see styles |
seiya / seya せいや |
More info & calligraphy: Tranquil Night |
犬夜叉 see styles |
quǎn yè chà quan3 ye4 cha4 ch`üan yeh ch`a chüan yeh cha inuyasha いぬやしゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Inuyasha(work) Inuyasha (manga series); (wk) Inuyasha (manga series) |
真夜中 see styles |
mayonaka まよなか |
More info & calligraphy: Midnight |
夜深人靜 夜深人静 see styles |
yè shēn rén jìng ye4 shen1 ren2 jing4 yeh shen jen ching |
More info & calligraphy: Tranquil Midnight |
亱 夜 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh |
variant of 夜[ye4] See: 夜 |
一夜 see styles |
yī yè yi1 ye4 i yeh ichiya(p); hitoya; hitoyo いちや(P); ひとや; ひとよ |
(n,adv) one night; all night; overnight; one evening; (female given name) Kazuyo one night |
丁夜 see styles |
teiya / teya ていや |
(archaism) fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am) |
七夜 see styles |
shichiya しちや |
celebration of a child's seventh day; (female given name) Nanayo |
三夜 see styles |
sanya さんや |
(surname) San'ya |
上夜 see styles |
shàng yè shang4 ye4 shang yeh |
to be on night duty |
世夜 see styles |
seya せや |
(female given name) Seya |
丙夜 see styles |
heiya / heya へいや |
(archaism) third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am) |
中夜 see styles |
zhōng yè zhong1 ye4 chung yeh chuuya / chuya ちゅうや |
(1) {Buddh} (See 六時) midnight period; midnight service; (2) (archaism) winter solstice; (surname) Nakaya midnight |
乙夜 see styles |
itsuya; otsuya いつや; おつや |
(archaism) second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm); (female given name) Itsuya |
五夜 see styles |
goya ごや |
(1) (archaism) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; (2) the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am); (female given name) Sayo |
亜夜 see styles |
ayo あよ |
(female given name) Ayo |
今夜 see styles |
jīn yè jin1 ye4 chin yeh konya こんや |
tonight; this evening (n,adv) this evening; tonight |
以夜 see styles |
iyo いよ |
(female given name) Iyo |
伴夜 see styles |
bàn yè ban4 ye4 pan yeh hanya |
伴靈 To watch with the spirit of a departed monk the night before the cremation. |
佑夜 see styles |
yuuya / yuya ゆうや |
(personal name) Yūya |
佳夜 see styles |
kaya かや |
(female given name) Kaya |
來夜 see styles |
raiya らいや |
(female given name) Raiya |
侵夜 see styles |
qīn yè qin1 ye4 ch`in yeh chin yeh |
(literary) nightfall; night |
值夜 see styles |
zhí yè zhi2 ye4 chih yeh |
on night duty |
優夜 see styles |
yuya ゆや |
(female given name) Yuya |
元夜 see styles |
yuán yè yuan2 ye4 yüan yeh |
Lantern Festival; night of 15th of first lunar month; see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1] |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Night Evening | 夜 | yoru | yè / ye4 / ye | yeh |
Meiya | 明夜 | mei ya / meiya | ||
Midnight | 午夜 | wǔ yè / wu3 ye4 / wu ye / wuye | wu yeh / wuyeh | |
Night | 夜晚 | yè wǎn / ye4 wan3 / ye wan / yewan | yeh wan / yehwan | |
Tranquil Night | 静夜 | seiya | ||
Inuyasha | 犬夜叉 | inu ya sha / inuyasha | quǎn yè chà quan3 ye4 cha4 quan ye cha quanyecha | ch`üan yeh ch`a chüanyehcha chüan yeh cha |
Midnight | 真夜中 | mayonaka | ||
Fortnite | 堡壘之夜 堡垒之夜 | bǎo lěi zhī yè bao3 lei3 zhi1 ye4 bao lei zhi ye baoleizhiye | pao lei chih yeh paoleichihyeh |
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Tranquil Midnight | 夜深人靜 夜深人静 | yè shēn rén jìng ye4 shen1 ren2 jing4 ye shen ren jing yeshenrenjing | yeh shen jen ching yehshenjenching |
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Tranquil Midnight | 幽靜的午夜 幽静的午夜 | yōu jìng de wǔ yè you1 jing4 de wu3 ye4 you jing de wu ye youjingdewuye | yu ching te wu yeh yuchingtewuyeh |
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Only the sleepless know the length of night | 不眠之夜長久交知人心 不眠之夜长久交知人心 | bù mián zhī yè cháng jiǔ jiāo zhī rén xīn bu4 mian2 zhi1 ye4 chang2 jiu3 jiao1 zhi1 ren2 xin1 bu mian zhi ye chang jiu jiao zhi ren xin | pu mien chih yeh ch`ang chiu chiao chih jen hsin pu mien chih yeh chang chiu chiao chih jen hsin |
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One Who Does Not Do Bad Things, Worries Not of Knocks at His Door | 白天不做虧心事夜半敲門不吃驚 白天不做亏心事夜半敲门不吃惊 | bái tiān bú zuò kuī xīn shì yè bàn qiāo mén bù chī jīng bai2 tian1 bu2 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 ye4 ban4 qiao1 men2 bu4 chi1 jing1 bai tian bu zuo kui xin shi ye ban qiao men bu chi jing | pai t`ien pu tso k`uei hsin shih yeh pan ch`iao men pu ch`ih ching pai tien pu tso kuei hsin shih yeh pan chiao men pu chih ching |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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