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English translations
midnight, in the middle of the night
Chinese characters:
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半夜 ( banye / bànyè ) is composed of these characters:
半 (ban)
, 夜 (ye)
The traditional Chinese characters of bànyè are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 半夜 ( banye / bànyè ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Ta zai banye kanshu.
Tā zài bànyè kànshū. – English translation: He reads books at midnight.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
half | night
半夜 ( banye / bànyè ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 535)
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