深更半夜

深更半夜

Chinese

		very late at night; middle of the night	midnight; late at night; deep of the night midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night
trad. (深更半夜)		深更	半夜
simp. #(深更半夜)		深更	半夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngēngbànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄍㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēngēngbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄍㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengengbannyeh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶
    • Yale: sām gāang bun yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gang¹ bun³ yé⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ käːŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ jɛː²²/

Idiom

深更半夜

1. in the dead of the night