夜深

Chinese

		night	deep; profound
trad. (夜深)		夜	深
simp. #(夜深)		夜	深
anagram		深夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè shēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè shen
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴ shên¹
    • Yale: yè shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh shen
    • Palladius: е шэнь (je šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Phrase

夜深

1. night is deep; night becomes deep

   只恐夜深花睡去，故燒高燭照紅妝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
   只恐夜深花睡去，故烧高烛照红妆。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

   Zhǐ kǒng yè shēn huā shuì qù, gù shāo gāo zhú zhào hóng zhuāng. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 更深 (gēng shēn)

Derived terms

• 夜深人靜／夜深人静 (yèshēnrénjìng)