Definition

1. Noun:
   • Late night, the small hours: Refers to the period of time very late at night, typically when it is quiet and most people are asleep. It emphasizes the depth of the night, often past midnight and into the early morning hours.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy thường làm việc đến đêm khuya. (He often works until late at night.)
  • Đêm khuya, thành phố trở nên yên tĩnh lạ thường. (Late at night, the city becomes unusually quiet.)
  • Tiếng mưa rơi trong đêm khuya. (The sound of rain falling in the dead of night.)

Advanced Usage

• "Khuya khoắt": An intensified, more literary variant meaning "very late at night," emphasizing extreme lateness and stillness.
  • Anh về nhà vào lúc khuya khoắt. (He returned home in the deep of the night.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đêm (n): Night.
• Khuya (adj/n): Late (in the context of night). While often used with "đêm," it can sometimes stand alone to imply "late night."
• Tối khuya: Similar to "đêm khuya," meaning late evening/night.

Synonyms

• Canh khuya: A more poetic or classical term for the late night watch/period.
• Đêm hôm khuya khoắt: A fuller, emphatic phrase for a very late night.

Related Phrases

• Thức khuya: To stay up late.
  • Cô ấy có thói quen thức khuya đọc sách. (She has a habit of staying up late reading books.)

Related Idioms

• Cú đêm: (Lit: Night owl) A person who habitually stays up or is active late at night.
  • Anh ta là một con cú đêm chính hiệu. (He is a certified night owl.)

1. Late night and small hours ofthe morning
   • Đêm khuya thanh vắng
     The deal hours of the night