# 半夜 (bànyè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 半夜 (bànyè) means “midnight; middle of the night”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: midnight; middle of the night
- Pinyin: bànyè (ban4 ye4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 昨天半夜开始下雨了。
  Zuótiān bànyè kāishǐ xiàyǔ le.
  It started raining at midnight yesterday.

## Characters

- [半](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-half/) (bàn): half
- [夜](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-night/) (yè): night

https://hanziro.com/word/ban-ye-midnight/

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