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半夜 (bàn yè) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 5

半夜 (bàn yè) is a Chinese word: midnight. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 半夜

名 míng noun

midnight

我半夜醒来了。

wǒ bàn yè xǐng lái le

I woke up in the middle of the night.

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Word breakdown

半 bàn — half, middle

夜 yè — night

Structure & writing
1 半 bàn — one half; half (used before the measure word when there is no whole number, or after when there is)
半 is a component in 8 characters

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2 夜 yè — night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼'
夜 is a component in 1 characters

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2.2 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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