夜來 yèlái during the night Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yèlái during the night · yesterday · last night 夜 yè noun night the period between sunset and sunrise; evening; night; (classifier) used as a counter for nights or evenings来 來 lái prepositionparticle since Used after a time duration to mean "for the past..." or "ever since"yèlái Xue Lingyun · nightfall 夜 yè noun night the period between sunset and sunrise; evening; night; (classifier) used as a counter for nights or evenings来 來 lái verb to come To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen