昨夜

昨夜

1. last night

   • 昨夜見軍帖，可汗大點兵，軍書十二卷，卷卷有爺名。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昨夜见军帖，可汗大点兵，军书十二卷，卷卷有爷名。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《木蘭詩》 (Ballad of Mulan); translation by Jack Yuan

     Zuóyè jiàn jūntiě, kèhán dà diǎnbīng, jūnshū shí'èr juǎn, juǎn juǎn yǒu yé míng.

     Last night I saw the army notice, the Khan is calling a great draft – A dozen volumes of battle rolls, each one with my father's name.

From Middle Chinese 昨夜 (MC dzak yaeH).

• (Tokyo) さくや (Nakadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

昨(さく)夜(や) • (sakuya) 

1. (formal) last night

Shift from 夕べ (yūbe, “evening”), which has an additional 平板型 (heiban-gata) or accent pitch.

The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.

Cognate with Northern Amami Ōshima ゆぶぃ (yubï, “last night”).

• (Tokyo) ゆうべ (Odaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

昨夜(ゆうべ) • (yūbe) ^{←ゆふべ (yufube)?}

1. (colloquial) last night

/juɸube/ → */juːbe/ → /junbe/ → /jumbe/

Shift from yūbe above.^[1][2][3]

• (Tokyo) ゆんべ (Odaka – )^[1] as a noun
• (Tokyo) ゆんべ (Heiban – )^[1] when used adverbially
• IPA^(key):

昨夜(ゆんべ) • (yunbe) 

1. (archaic, colloquial) last night, yestereve, yesternight

The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.

昨夜(よべ) • (yobe) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) last night, yestereve, yesternight

/jobe/ → */joːbe/ → /jonbe/ → /jombe/

Shift from yobe above.^[1][2]

The kanji spelling is from sakuya above.

昨夜(よんべ) • (yonbe) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) last night, yestereve, yesternight