midnight in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 半夜 with this easy mnemonic:

Half (半) way through the night (夜), around midnight, I always hear someone knocking at my door.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 夜
• 半

• 夜总会
• 夜晚
• 半夜
• 过夜
• 一半
• 午夜

The reading of 半夜 is bàn yè.

You can remember how to say 半夜 with this useful mnemonic:

Turns out it was my neighbor practicing his tap dancing, but after my complaint the building banned (bàn) him from tap dancing ever (yè) again.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like midnight and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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