夜行

夜行

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ hang⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): iā-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yèxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehshyng
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: yeh hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ heng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² hɐŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: iā-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxheeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/

Verb

夜行

1. to travel by night

Derived terms

夜行性 (yèxíngxìng)

夜行軍／夜行军

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夜行):

• → Japanese: 夜 (や)行 (こう) (yakō)
• → Korean: 야행 (夜行, yahaeng)
• → Vietnamese: dạ hành (夜行)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
夜	行
や Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) やこー [yàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠ko̞ː]

Noun

夜行 (hiragana やこう, rōmaji yakō)

1. travelling by night
2. Clipping of 夜行列車 (yakō ressha).

Derived terms

• 夜 (や)行 (こう)性 (せい) (yakōsei)
• 夜 (や)行 (こう)列 (れっ)車 (しゃ) (yakō ressha)
• 夜 (や)行 (こう)バス (yakō basu)

Verb

夜行する (hiragana やこうする, rōmaji yakō suru)

1. to travel by night

Conjugation

Conjugation of "夜行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	夜行し	やこうし	yakō shi
Continuative (連用形)	夜行し	やこうし	yakō shi
Terminal (終止形)	夜行する	やこうする	yakō suru
Attributive (連体形)	夜行する	やこうする	yakō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	夜行すれ	やこうすれ	yakō sure
Imperative (命令形)	夜行せよ¹ 夜行しろ²	やこうせよ¹ やこうしろ²	yakō seyo¹ yakō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	夜行される	やこうされる	yakō sareru
Causative	夜行させる 夜行さす	やこうさせる やこうさす	yakō saseru yakō sasu
Potential	夜行できる	やこうできる	yakō dekiru
Volitional	夜行しよう	やこうしよう	yakō shiyō
Negative	夜行しない	やこうしない	yakō shinai
Negative continuative	夜行せず	やこうせず	yakō sezu
Formal	夜行します	やこうします	yakō shimasu
Perfective	夜行した	やこうした	yakō shita
Conjunctive	夜行して	やこうして	yakō shite
Hypothetical conditional	夜行すれば	やこうすれば	yakō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
夜	行
や Grade: 2	ぎょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

夜行 (hiragana やぎょう, rōmaji yagyō)

1. Clipping of 百鬼夜行 (hyakki yagyō).

References

1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.