大半夜 dàbànyè middle of the night Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents dàbànyè middle of the night 大 dà adjectiveadverb [temporal emphasis] used before certain time or weather terms to emphasize degree or distance from the present半夜 bànyè noun midnight midnight; the middle of the night; very late at nightdàbànyè most of the night 大 dà adjective big big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult半夜 bànyè half a night half of the night; half the duration of the nighttime