夜行

Chinese

night
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
simp. and trad.
(夜行)

Pronunciation


Verb

夜行

  1. to travel by night

Derived terms

  • 夜行人
  • 夜行性 (yèxíngxìng)
  • 夜行晝伏 / 夜行昼伏
  • 夜行衣
  • 夜行軍 / 夜行军
  • 懷寶夜行 / 怀宝夜行
  • 曉伏夜行 / 晓伏夜行
  • 百鬼夜行
  • 衣繡夜行 / 衣绣夜行
  • 衣錦夜行 / 衣锦夜行
  • 錦衣夜行 / 锦衣夜行

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夜行):
  • Japanese: ()(こう) (yakō)
  • Korean: 야행(夜行) (yahaeng)
  • Vietnamese: dạ hành (夜行)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こー [yàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ko̞ː]

Noun

()(こう) • (yakō

  1. travelling by night
  2. clipping of 夜行列車 (yakō ressha)
Derived terms

Verb

()(こう)する • (yakō surusuru (stem ()(こう) (yakō shi), past ()(こう)した (yakō shita))

  1. to travel by night
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ぎょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

()(ぎょう) • (yagyō

  1. clipping of 百鬼夜行 (hyakki yagyō)

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN