(bàn yè) - the middle of the night, midnight in Mandarin

bànyè

Traditional: 半夜

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Translation

the middle of the night, midnight

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Stroke order

Stroke order for 半

半

Stroke order for 夜

夜

Examples

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He didn't get back until the middle of the night.

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I was woken up by the phone in the middle of the night.

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Don't ring me in the middle of the night!

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The child got hungry in the night and wanted something to eat.

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They talked until midnight.

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