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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 半夜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
半夜 bàn yè - midnight
- in the middle of the night

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 3,870 4,558 1,610

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
半 bàn- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
夜 yè- night
夜 yè- variant of 夜[ye4]

Other Words Containing 半夜

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
半夜 - 2 3,870 4,558 1,610
半夜三更 - - 25,671 31,592 14,110
前半夜 - - 63,600 85,616 46,584
上半夜 - - 87,969 80,103 56,983