半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng

late at night; in the depth of night

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 25467th word

Definitions

  1. 1. late at night
  2. 2. in the depth of night

Characters

Character Meaning
半 bàn HSK 3
half; (after a number) and a half; semi-
夜 yè HSK 5
night; variant of 夜yè
三 sān HSK 1
three; 3; surname San
更 gēng HSK 3
more; even more; still