半夜五更

半夜五更

Chinese

		midnight; late at night; deep of the night midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night	the five watches of the night; fifth watch
simp. and trad. (半夜五更)		半夜	五更

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): ban³ ie³ vu² jing¹

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ban³ ie³ vu² jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pæ̃⁴⁵ ie⁴⁵ vu⁵³ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/

Idiom

半夜五更

1. (Jin) in the middle of the night; late at night

Synonyms

• 半夜三更 (bànyèsāngēng)
• 三更半夜 (sāngēngbànyè)
• (Hakka) 星光半夜
• (Min Nan) 三更半暝