大夜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	night
simp. and trad. (大夜)		大	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyè
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: dà-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahyeh
    • Palladius: дае (daje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/

Noun

大夜

1. graveyard shift; night shift (lasting whole night, such as 00:00-08:00)

   Synonym: 大夜班 (dàyèbān)

2. (figuratively) eternal rest; eternal sleep; death
3. (Buddhism) night before cremation of a monk