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半夜

bàn yè

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

半夜 (bàn yè) means "midnight; in the middle of the night". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 半夜 means

1. midnight
2. in the middle of the night

The characters in 半夜

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 夜yènight

Example sentences

• 他半夜打电话给我。
  Tā bànyè dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ.
  He rang me up at midnight.
• 不要半夜给我发消息。
  Don't send me messages in the middle of the night.
• 他半夜打了个电话给我。
  Tā bànyè dǎ le ge diànhuà gěi wǒ.
  He gave me a ring at midnight.
• 他半夜给了我一枚戒指。
  He gave me a ring at midnight.
• 我们到家时几乎是半夜了。
  It was almost midnight when we got home.
• 三更半夜不睡觉，你在干嘛呢？
  It's the middle of the night. Why aren't you asleep?

Words starting with 半夜

• 半夜三更bàn yè sān gēngsee 三更半夜

Words containing 半夜

• 后半夜hòu bàn yèsecond half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
• 深更半夜shēn gēng bàn yèin the dead of night (idiom)
• 大半夜dà bàn yèthe middle of the night
• 下半夜xià bàn yèsecond half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
• 三更半夜sān gēng bàn yè(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
• 上半夜shàng bàn yèfirst half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
• 前半夜qián bàn yèfirst half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
• 黑天半夜hēi tiān bàn yè(idiom) in the middle of the night
• 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīngHe who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.…

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