夜晚
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
夜晚 (yèwǎn) · night
夜晚 (yèwǎn) means “night; evening”. It is written with 2 characters: 夜 (night) + 晚 (late). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 夜晚 is built
The characters
夜 yè · night
What 夜 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亻rén — person
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
Origin hint: A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
晚 wǎn · late
What 晚 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 免miǎn — to spare
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
夏天的夜晚很凉快。Xiàtiān de yèwǎn hěn liángkuai.Summer nights are nice and cool.
城市的夜晚很漂亮。Chéngshì de yèwǎn hěn piàoliang.The city is beautiful at night.
Questions about 夜晚
What does 夜晚 mean?
夜晚 (yèwǎn) means “night; evening”.
How do you pronounce 夜晚?
夜晚 is pronounced yèwǎn.
Which HSK level is 夜晚?
夜晚 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 半夜bànyèmidnight
- 夜里yèliat night
- 熬夜áoyèto stay up late
- 昼夜zhòuyèday and night
- 夜yènight
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 晚安wǎn'āngood night
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 晚餐wǎncāndinner
Learn 夜晚 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 87: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.