夜半三更

夜半三更

Chinese

		night	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	third watch; midnight
simp. and trad. (夜半三更)		夜	半	三更

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, SP): ye⁴ ban⁴ san¹ gen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ye⁴ ban⁴ san¹ gen¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iebansangen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹³ pan²¹³ san⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/

Idiom

夜半三更

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

Synonyms

• 三更半夜 (sāngēngbànyè)
• 半夜三更 (bànyèsāngēng)
• 深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)
• (Hakka) 星光半夜
• (Jin) 半夜五更
• (Min Bei) 半暝三更
• (Min Nan) 三更半暝