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midnight

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

ban4ye4 • bànyè

Meaning


Primary

midnight

Mnemonic


半夜 Midnight is the 半 half-way point of the 夜 night.

Usage


他 經常 工作 到 半夜 才 睡。

He often works till midnight before sleeping.

我們 聊 到 半夜 才 回家。

We talked until midnight before going home.

半夜 外面 忽然 下起 大雨。

It suddenly started raining heavily outside at midnight.