半夜三更

半夜三更

Chinese

		midnight; late at night; deep of the night midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night	third watch; midnight
simp. and trad. (半夜三更)		半夜	三更

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bànyèsāngēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ

  (Chengdu, SP): ban⁴ ye⁴ san¹ gen¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ je⁶ saam¹ gaang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-ya-sâm-kâng
• Wu (Wiktionary): poe hhia se kan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bànyèsāngēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyehsangeng
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ban⁴ ye⁴ san¹ gen¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: banjesangen
    • IPA ^(key): /pan²¹³ iɛ²¹³ san⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ je⁶ saam¹ gaang¹
    • Yale: bun yeh sāam gāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ je⁶ saam¹ gaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yé⁶ sam¹ gang¹
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɛː²² säːm⁵⁵ käːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya-sâm-kâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban ia sam´ gang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ ya⁴ sam¹ gang¹
    • IPA: /pan⁵⁵ i̯a⁵⁵ sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya-sâm-kâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban (r)ia sam´ gang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ ya⁴ sam¹ gang¹
    • IPA: /pan⁵⁵ (j)i̯a⁵⁵ sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: poe hhia se kan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /pø³³ ɦia̱⁵⁵ se̞³³ kã²¹/

Adverb

半夜三更

1. in the middle of the night; late at night

Synonyms

• 三更半夜 (sāngēngbànyè)
• (Hakka) 星光半夜
• (Min Nan) 三更半暝