入夜

rùyè

verb #34,869

Meanings

1 nightfall; as night falls; at nightfall

Characters

Examples

入夜后，城市的霓虹灯都亮了起来。

Rùyè hòu, chéngshì de níhóngdēng dōu liàng le qǐlái.

After nightfall, the city's neon lights all came on.

山里入夜很凉，要多穿点衣服。

Shānlǐ rùyè hěn liáng, yào duō chuān diǎn yīfu.

It gets cold in the mountains at nightfall — wear extra layers.

Tips

register

Slightly literary — common in news reports, novels, and weather forecasts. In casual speech you'd more often say 天黑了 (it got dark). 入夜 sounds atmospheric and writerly.

Stroke Order

入 rù

夜 yè