Chinese words starting with “ye”
29 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ye. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
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- 1st tone 1
- 3rd tone 12
- 4th tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 也许yě xǔHSK 2
perhaps; maybe
- 爷爷yé yeHSK 1
(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather
- 夜里yè liHSK 2
during the night; at night; nighttime
All 29 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 也 | yě | d,y,u,b | (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 | |
| 2 | 夜 | yè | tg,qt | night | |
| 3 | 页 | yè | q,g | page; leaf | |
| 4 | 野 | yě | b,a,g,ad,an | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral | |
| 5 | 业 | yè | g,k | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 6 | 业务 | yè wù | n | business; professional work; service | |
| 7 | 也就是说 | yě jiù shì shuō | v | in other words; that is to say; so; thus | |
| 8 | 夜晚 | yè wǎn | t,n | night | |
| 9 | 也好 | yě hǎo | y,d | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 10 | 业余 | yè yú | b | in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) | |
| 11 | 夜间 | yè jiān | t,n | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) | |
| 12 | 液体 | yè tǐ | n | liquid | |
| 13 | 野蛮 | yě mán | a,an | barbarous; uncivilized | |
| 14 | 业绩 | yè jì | n | achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results | |
| 15 | 野生 | yě shēng | b,v | wild; undomesticated | |
| 16 | 野兽 | yě shòu | n | beast; wild animal | |
| 17 | 野外 | yě wài | s | countryside; areas outside the city | |
| 18 | 叶子 | yè zi | n,nr | leaf; (slang) marijuana | |
| 19 | 野心 | yě xīn | n | ambition; wild schemes; careerism | |
| 20 | 夜班 | yè bān | n | night shift | |
| 21 | 夜总会 | yè zǒng huì | n | nightclub; nightspot | |
| 22 | 液晶 | yè jīng | n | liquid crystal | |
| 23 | 椰子 | yē zi | n | a coconut palm; a coconut | |
| 24 | 夜校 | yè xiào | n | evening school; night school | |
| 25 | 野餐 | yě cān | n | picnic; to have a picnic | |
| 26 | 野营 | yě yíng | vn | to camp; field lodgings | |
| 27 | 夜以继日 | yè yǐ jì rì | l | night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort | |
| 28 | 夜市 | yè shì | n | night market | |
| 29 | 野炊 | yě chuī | v,vn | to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing); cookout |
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