夜來

夜来
yèlái
  1. (literary) evening
  2. (literary) nightfall
  3. evening
  4. nightfall

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=1 夜 yè night
2 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)

Containing this entry

夜來香 yèláixiāng
  1. tuberose (Agave amica)
  2. night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木 yèxiāngmù)