不夜
Chinese
| not; no | night | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不夜) |
不 | 夜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùyè [Phonetic: búyè]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùyè
- Wade–Giles: pu4-yeh4
- Yale: bù-yè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyeh
- Palladius: буе (buje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 je6
- Yale: bāt yeh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 je6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 yé6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɛː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
不夜
- (attributive, of a shop, restaurant, etc.) open twenty-four seven
- (literary, of the night) bright like the morning
Derived terms
- 不夜城 (bùyèchéng)
Proper noun
不夜
- (~縣) Buye (a historical county of China; modern Weihai)