夜市
yè shì
Pinyin

Definition

夜市
 - 
yè shì
  1. night market

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant of 夜[yè]
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
市区
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
超市
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
一夜情
yī yè qíng
  1. 1 one night stand
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
佛山市
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
利市
lì shì
  1. 1 business profit
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 lucky
  4. 4 small sum of money offered on festive days
前夜
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before

Idioms (20)

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
  1. 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
  2. 2 to study diligently
  3. 3 to burn the candle at both ends
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
  1. 1 to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
  1. 1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
  1. 1 the still of the night (idiom)
  2. 2 late at night
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
漫漫长夜
màn màn cháng yè
  1. 1 endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

Sample Sentences

百货公司跟夜市比起来，百货公司贵多了！
bǎihuò gōngsī gēn yèshì bǐqǐlai ，bǎihuò gōngsī guì duō le ！
If you compare department stores to night markets, the departments stores are way more expensive.
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夜市的东西没有百货公司的东西贵。
yèshì de dōngxi méiyǒu bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi guì 。
Stuff from the night market isn't as expensive as stuff from the department store.
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百货公司的东西比夜市的东西贵。
bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi bǐ yèshì de dōngxi guì 。
Stuff from the department store is more expense than stuff from the night market.
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夜市的东西比百货公司的东西便宜。
yèshì de dōngxi bǐ bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi piányi 。
Stuff from the night market is cheaper than stuff from the department store.
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这整条街都是夜市。
zhè zhěng tiáo jiē dōu shì yèshì 。
This whole street is a nightmarket.
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晚上还可以去逛夜市，夜市很大，够我们逛的。
wǎnshang hái kěyǐ qù guàng yèshì ，yèshì hěndà ，gòu wǒmen guàng de 。
We can also go to the the night markert tonight, it's a big night market, there is definitely plenty of shopping opportunities for us.
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哇，台湾的夜市果然名不虚传。那边排队排得那么长，肯定有好吃的，我们去看看。
wā ，Táiwān de yèshì guǒrán míngbùxūchuán 。nàbiān páiduì pái de nàme cháng ，kěndìng yǒu hǎochī de ，wǒmen qù kànkan 。
Wow, Taiwanese night markets really do live up to their reputation. That line is so long, it's got to be for something good to eat. Let's go check it out.
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台湾夜市！我来了！
Táiwān yèshì ！wǒ lái le ！
Taiwan night markets, here I come!
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听说台北的夜市也很好。
tīngshuō Táiběi de yèshì yě hěn hǎo 。
I've heard the night markets are really good too.
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