半暝三更

半暝三更

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. (半暝三更)		半暝	三更

Pronunciation

• Min Bei (KCR): bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng

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• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ³³ maŋ³³ saŋ⁵⁴ kaŋ⁵⁴/

Idiom

半暝三更

1. (Min Bei) 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
• (Jin) 半夜五更
• (Min Nan) 三更半暝