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Expressing 'at night' with 夜里 (yèlǐ)
Time Expressions
Structure
夜里 + Verb Phrase
Explanation
The time word 夜里 (yèlǐ) means "at night" or "during the night" and refers to the nighttime hours. It typically appears at the beginning of a sentence or clause to set the time frame. For example, 夜里回到家 means "returned home at night."
Examples
夜里突然下起了大雨，把我吵醒了。
Yèlǐ tūrán xià qǐ le dà yǔ, bǎ wǒ chǎo xǐng le.
It suddenly started raining heavily at night and woke me up.
他总是夜里加班到很晚才回家。
Tā zǒng shì yèlǐ jiābān dào hěn wǎn cái huí jiā.
He always works overtime at night and doesn't come home until very late.
夜里街上很安静，几乎看不到人。
Yèlǐ jiē shàng hěn ānjìng, jīhū kàn bú dào rén.
The streets are very quiet at night, with almost no one in sight.