上半夜

上半夜

Chinese

		upper half	night
simp. and trad. (上半夜)		上半	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngbànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-pòaⁿ-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbannyeh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
    • Yale: seuhng bun yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bun³ yé⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² puːn³³ jɛː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-pòaⁿ-iā
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-puànn-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngpvoaria
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/

Noun

上半夜

1. first half of the night; time before midnight

Synonyms

• 前半夜 (qiánbànyè)
• (Min Nan) 頂半暝／顶半暝

Antonyms

• 下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
• 後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
• (Min Nan) 後半暝／后半暝, 下半暝