深更半夜 shēngēngbànyè dead of night Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 深 shēn nounadverb late late (of time); far advanced; a long time since the beginning更 gēng noun night watch one of the five two-hour periods of the night into which the night was formerly divided半夜 bànyè noun midnight midnight; the middle of the night; very late at night