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Jyutping jat1 je6
Pinyin yī yè

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, figuratively, literally
    overnight
    • 一夜暴富
      一夜暴富
      yī yè bào fù
      to get rich overnight
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我想待一夜。
    我想待一夜。
    wǒ xiǎng dài yī yè 。
    • I'd like to stay for one night.
  2. Mandarin
    我想还待一夜,行不行?
    我想還待一夜,行不行?
    wǒ xiǎng hái dài yī yè , xíng bù xíng ?
    • I'd like to stay one more night. Is that possible?
  3. Mandarin
    一夜不睡,十夜不醒。
    一夜不睡,十夜不醒。
    yī yè bù shuì , shí yè bù xǐng 。
    • If you pass one night without sleep you'll pass ten without rest.
  4. Mandarin
    我昨晚一夜没阖眼。
    我昨晚一夜沒闔眼。
    wǒ zuó wǎn yī yè méi hé yǎn 。
    • I didn't sleep a wink last night.
  5. Mandarin
    你度过了很不安宁的一夜。
    你度過了很不安寧的一夜。
    nǐ dù guò le hěn bù ān níng de yī yè 。
    • You've had a very restless night.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    好多人都想一夜致富。
    好多人都想一夜致富。
    hou2 do1 jan4 dou1 soeng2 jat1 je6 zi3 fu3.
    • A lot of people want to become rich in a night.
  2. Cantonese
    一夜之间
    一夜之間
    jat1 je5 zi1 gaan1
    • within a night (figuratively meaning a short period of time)
  3. Cantonese
    一夜成名
    一夜成名
    jat1 je6 sing4 ming4
    • to become famous overnight
  4. Cantonese
    一夜夫妻百夜恩
    一夜夫妻百夜恩
    jat1 je6 fu1 cai1 baak3 je6 jan1
    • treasure your spouse; literally: couple for a night, gratitude of 100 nights
  5. Cantonese
    呢个素人拍片放上 YouTube 之后一夜成名。
    呢個素人拍片放上 YouTube 之後一夜成名。
    ni1 go3 sou3 jan4 paak3 pin2 fong3 soeng2 ju1 tup1 zi1 hau6 jat1 je6 sing4 ming4.
    • This amateur was infamous until he posted a video on YouTube.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一天一夜
    一天一夜
    yī tiān yī yè
    • one day and one night
  2. Cantonese
    一日一夜
    一日一夜
    jat1 jat6 jat1 je6
    • one day and one night
  3. Mandarin
    当500万元大奖砸中上虞人阮某时,欣喜若狂的他选择了高调庆祝,大摆宴席,大派红包。然而,他付出的代价是,一夜间他家门庭若市,不仅很多八竿子打不着的亲戚纷至沓来,就连很多素不相识的陌生人也开始上门找他借钱。
    當500萬元大獎砸中上虞人阮某時,欣喜若狂的他選擇了高調慶祝,大擺宴席,大派紅包。然而,他付出的代價是,一夜間他家門庭若市,不僅很多八竿子打不着的親戚紛至沓來,就連很多素不相識的陌生人也開始上門找他借錢。
    dāng 500 wàn yuán dà jiǎng zá zhòng shàng yú rén ruǎn mǒu shí , xīn xǐ ruò kuáng de tā xuǎn zé le gāo diào qìng zhù , dà bǎi yàn xí , dà pài hóng bāo . Ránér , tā fù chū de dài jià shì , yī yè jiān tā jiā mén tíng ruò shì , bù jǐn hěn duō bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo de qīn qi fēn zhì tà lái , jiù lián hěn duō sù bù xiāng shí de mò shēng rén yě kāi shǐ shàng mén zhǎo tā jiè qián .
    • Ruan from Shangyu was wild with joy when he hit the five million dollar jackpot. He chose to have a lofty celebration, including a massive banquet and huge amounts of hongbao. But he really paid the price when, one night, his house started to become a hive of activity. Not only did a ton of random relatives start pouring into the place, but also complete strangers, all wanting to borrow some of this money.
  4. Mandarin
    一夜暴富
    一夜暴富
    yī yè bào fù
    • to get rich overnight
  5. Mandarin
    忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开。
    忽如一夜春風來,千樹萬樹梨花開。
    hū rú yī yè chūn fēng lái , qiān shù wàn shù lí huā kāi .
    • Is like a spring gale, come up in the night,
      Blowing open the petals of ten thousand peartrees.