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昨夜

昨夜

Chinese

		yesterday	night
simp. and trad. (昨夜)		昨	夜

Adverb

昨夜

last night

Synonyms

昨晚 (zuówǎn)

Noun

昨夜

last night

Synonyms

昨晚 (zuówǎn)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
昨	夜
さく Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

昨夜 ‎(hiragana さくや, romaji sakuya)

last night

Etymology 2

Noun

昨夜 ‎(hiragana ゆうべ, romaji yūbe)

last night
yesterday evening

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuóyè

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ je⁶
Min Nan (POJ): cha-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuóyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwoyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ je⁶
  - Yale: jok yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ je⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ jɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha-iā
  - Tâi-lô: tsa-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³ ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/