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

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• 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

1. (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) 

1. (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)