bàn​yè HSK2

middle of night

半夜 bàn​yè
middle of night time word
the period of time deep into the night, typically when people are asleep

He often gets up in the middle of the night to work.

midnight time word
twelve o'clock at night; the start of a new day

It's already midnight.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
15.9 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
24.8 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 2

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT