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午夜 meaning in English

wǔyè

midnight

12 strokes

Meaning of 午夜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wǔyè
  1. midnight

午夜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men在zài午wǔ夜yè之zhī后hòu起qǐ床chuáng。
We got up after midnight.
这zhè里lǐ已yǐ经jīng是shì午wǔ夜yè了le。
It's almost midnight here.
汤tāng姆mǔ午wǔ夜yè才cái到dào家jiā。
Tom got home at midnight.
我wǒ们men叫jiào那nà个ge颜yán色sè“午wǔ夜yè蓝lán”。
We call that color "midnight blue".

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

午 wǔ · noon · 4 strokes

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夜 yè · night · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 午夜.

下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
午饭wǔfànlunch
中午zhōngwǔnoon; midday
上午shàngwǔmorning
午餐wǔcānlunch; luncheon
半夜bànyèmidnight; in the middle of the night
夜里yèlǐduring the night; at night
午睡wǔshuìto take a nap in the afternoon
夜间yèjiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
黑夜hēiyènight
日夜rìyèday and night; around the clock
端午节Duānwǔ JiéDragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)

Questions about 午夜

What does 午夜 mean?

午夜 (wǔyè) means "midnight".

How do you write 午夜?

午夜 is made of 2 characters: 午 (4 strokes), 夜 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.