乙夜

Chinese

		2nd heavenly stem	night
simp. and trad. (乙夜)		乙	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐyè

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut³ je⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyè
  - Wade–Giles: i³-yeh⁴
  - Yale: yǐ-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyeh
  - Palladius: ие (ije)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut³ je⁶
  - Yale: yut yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁸ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud³ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚³ jɛː²²/

Noun

乙夜

(historical) second watch; of the five traditional night-watches, from around 9pm until 11pm.

Coordinate terms

甲夜 (jiǎyè, “first watch”)
丙夜 (bǐngyè, “third watch”)
丁夜 (dīngyè, “fourth watch”)
戊夜 (wùyè, “fifth watch”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乙	夜
いつ Grade: S	や Grade: 2
kan'on

Kanji in this term
乙	夜
おつ Grade: S	や Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From itsu or otsu (乙, second) + ya (夜, night).

Noun

乙(いつ)夜(や) or 乙(おつ)夜(や) • (itsuya or otsuya)

(historical) second watch of the five night-watches, around 9–11 p.m.
Hypernyms: 五更, 五夜

Coordinate terms: 甲夜, 乙夜, 丙夜, 丁夜, 戊夜

Synonyms

二更(にこう) (nikō)
二夜(にや) (niya)