common
noun

Meaning of 子夜

子夜 means midnight; the middle of the night; dead of night. Pronounced zǐ yè.

  • midnight; the middle of the night; dead of night

Definitions & Examples

shí
fēn
 
zhěng
chéng
shì
dōu
ān
jìng
xià
lái
le
 

At midnight, the entire city quieted down.

Yuǎn
chù
chuán
lái
de
zhōng
shēng
 

The sound of the midnight bell came from afar.

zǒng
shì
zài
hòu
cái
kāi
shǐ
gōng
zuò
 

He always starts working only after midnight.

Máo
dùn
de
xiǎo
shuō
 
 
miáo
xiě
le
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nián9
dài3
de0
Shàng
hǎi
 
 
 
 

Mao Dun's novel *Midnight* depicts Shanghai in the 1930s.