夜半 (yè bàn) — midnight; the middle of the night

Definition

Examples

• 夜半时分，街上已经没有人了。
  yè bàn Shí fēn, jiē shàng yǐ jīng méi yǒu rén le.
  At midnight, there was already nobody on the streets.
• 他常常工作到夜半才休息。
  Tā cháng cháng gōng zuò dào yè bàn cái xiū xi.
  He often works until midnight before resting.
• 夜半的钟声一响，新的一年来到了。
  yè bàn De zhōng shēng yì xiǎng, xīn de yì nián lái dào le.
  As soon as the midnight bell rang, the new year arrived.