黑更半夜 hēigēngbànyè dead of night Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 黑 hēi adjectiveverb dark lacking light; dim; night or nightfall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