半暝

半暝

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	(Min Nan) night
simp. and trad. (半暝)		半	暝

Pronunciation

• Min Dong (BUC): buáng-màng
• Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-mî / pòaⁿ-mêe / pòaⁿ-mê

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buáng-màng
    • IPA ^(key): /puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ maŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-mî
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarmii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-mêe
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-mêe
    • IPA (Penang): /puã²¹⁻³³ mɛ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ mɛ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-mê
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-mê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarmee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ mẽ²³/

Noun

半暝

1. (Min) midnight
2. (Min) late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night

   • 過去啦再會，再會過去，半暝兩點離開。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     过去啦再会，再会过去，半暝两点离开。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2012, 詹雅雯, 半暝兩點

     Kòe--khì--lah chài-hōe, chài-hōe kòe-khì, pòaⁿ-mî nn̄g tiám lī-khui. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     It's over, farewell, farewell to the past, leaving at two in the morning (lit. two in the middle of the night).

Synonyms

• (midnight): 半夜 (bànyè), (literary) 夜半 (yèbàn), (Hakka) 半夜仔
• (late at night): 半夜 (bànyè), 深夜 (shēnyè)

Derived terms

三更半暝 下半暝 半暝囝

半暝頓／半暝顿 頂半暝／顶半暝