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半夜

bàn yè

HSK 2 · word 508 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他半夜打电话给我。

tā bàn yè dǎ diàn huà gěi wǒ

He rang me up at midnight.

Characters in 半夜

半 half plus 夜 night — the middle of the night. 半 goes before a measure, as in 半年 and 半个小时.

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