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半夜

bàn yè

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Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

bàn yè · bun3 je6 (Jyutping)

  1. midnight
  2. in the middle of the night

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

半

Meaning
half
Radical
十
Strokes
5
Components
⿻丷牛
Cangjie
FQ
Four-corner
9050.0

夜

Meaning
night, dark; in night; by night
Radical
夕
Strokes
8
Components
⿱亠⿰亻夕
Cangjie
YONK
Four-corner
0024.7

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