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深夜 (shēn yè): late night

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 6noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
late night
Characters
2
Part of speech
noun
HSK level
HSK 6

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • very late at night

Chinese explanation

  • 指夜里很晚的时候,通常从午夜前后到天亮之前。这个词强调时间特别晚,夜深人静,人大多已经休息。

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Character breakdown

HSK 4

(lit. and fig.) deep

HSK 4

night

Example sentences

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The hospital corridor was especially quiet late at night, with only the sound of the duty nurse's footsteps.

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It was already twelve o'clock at night, and he was still in his study revising the report due tomorrow.

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Mom can only get off work and come home late at night every day, but she never complains.

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There was almost no one on the street late at night, and occasionally a taxi drove by.

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He is used to writing late at night because it is quiet around him then, and his thoughts are clearer.

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