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半夜

bàn yè
HSK 2freq #4212

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

bàn yè
  1. 1.midnight
  2. 2.in the middle of the night

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.half of the night
  2. 2.midnight; (in general) late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night

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Stroke order

Components

半二㇑丷
夜亠亻夂㇔

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Characters

半夜

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Synonyms

夜半午夜深夜子夜半拉夜半夜裡半夜會半夜兒半夜裡頭夜頭夜裡頭夜心頭夜心裡三更天半晚老夜半夜隔半夜仔半暝半暝囝暝尾仔半暝仔午暝半夜裡向半夜巴半夜勒半夜頭半夜過半夜間子

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Derived terms

下半夜三更半夜半夜三更半夜敲門不吃驚半夜敲门不吃惊半夜敲門心不驚半夜敲门心不惊半夜裡叫城門半夜里叫城门平生莫做虧心事，半夜敲門不吃驚平生莫做亏心事，半夜敲门不吃惊後半夜后半夜星光半夜更深半夜深更半夜白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門白天不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门黑更半夜黑更半夜夜半三更

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Related words

上半夜 first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)后半夜 second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)前半夜 first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)下半夜 second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)大半夜 the middle of the night深更半夜 in the dead of night (idiom)三更半夜 (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night半夜三更 see 三更半夜[sān gēng bàn yè]黑天半夜 (idiom) in the middle of the night平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.