HSK 2 · Times of day & week

半夜

bàn yè

midnight

Stroke order of 半夜

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

半 · 5 strokes 夜 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

半 is an ox 牛 split by two dots; 夜 is night: split night, midnight.

Parts: 半 half + 夜 night

The characters in 半夜

半 bàn — half (5 strokes)
夜 yè — night (8 strokes)

Example sentence

他半夜才回家。

He only came home at midnight.

Words with 半

半half 一半half 半天half a day; a long time 半年half a year

Words with 夜

夜night 夜里at night

More words: Times of day & week

夜night 夜里at night 早晨early morning 晚安good night 午睡afternoon nap 周week 周末weekend 上周last week 下周next week 周年anniversary 月份month 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 分钟minute 刻quarter (of an hour)

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