甲夜

甲夜

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armor; shell	night
simp. and trad. (甲夜)		甲	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeayeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎyè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ je⁶
    • Yale: gaap yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /käːp̚³ jɛː²²/

Noun

甲夜

1. (historical) first watch; of the five traditional night-watches, from around 7pm until 9pm.

Coordinate terms

• 乙夜 (yǐyè, “second watch”)
• 丙夜 (bǐngyè, “third watch”)
• 丁夜 (dīngyè, “fourth watch”)
• 戊夜 (wùyè, “fifth watch”)