規暝

See also: 规暝

Chinese

	compass; rule	(Min Nan) night
trad. (規暝)	規	暝
simp. (规暝)	规	暝
variant forms	歸暝／归暝

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kui-mî / kui-mêe / kui-mê

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-mî
  - Tâi-lô: kui-mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuimii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ mĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-mêe
  - Tâi-lô: kui-mêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² mɛ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-mê
  - Tâi-lô: kui-mê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuimee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²³/

Adverb

規暝

(Min Nan) all night
- 天欲光矣　勼佇棉被哭袂出聲　規暝佮目屎做伴 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  天欲光矣　勼伫棉被哭袂出声　规暝佮目屎做伴 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 莊玉嫻, 天欲光矣
  Thiⁿ beh kng--ah; kiu tī mî-phōe khàu bē chhut-siaⁿ; kui-mê kah ba̍k-sái chò-phōaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  It's almost dawn / Curled up in the quilt, not able to cry out loud / Being together with tears all night
- 民宿佇山區，氣溫誠下，窗外夜蟲無睏吼出聲，唱規暝的歌予阮聽。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  民宿伫山区，气温诚下，窗外夜虫无困吼出声，唱规暝的歌予阮听。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 張翠苓, 歡喜佮驚惶
  Bîn-siok tī soaⁿ-khu, khì-un chiâⁿ kē, thang-gōa iā-thâng bô khùn háu chhut-siaⁿ, chhiùⁿ kui-mê ê koa hō͘ goán thiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The guesthouse was in a mountain area, where the temperature was very low. The night bugs outside the window did not sleep and were chirping out loud, singing songs to me all night.
- 無留半字，就斷了過去，不甘心付出，為伊哮歸暝。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  无留半字，就断了过去，不甘心付出，为伊哮归暝。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 黃乙玲, 無字的情批
  Bô lâu pòaⁿ lī, tiō tn̄g-liáu kòe-khì, m̄ kam-sim hù-chhut, ūi i háu kui-mî. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  He did not leave half a word and just ended the past. I am not willing to pay the price and cry all night because of him.
- 驚你受風吹，驚你冷冷歸暝，因為你是我的一切。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  惊你受风吹，惊你冷冷归暝，因为你是我的一切。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 棉照被
  Kiaⁿ lí siū hong chhoe, kiaⁿ lí léng-léng kui-mê, in-ūi lí sī góa ê it-chhè. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I am afraid you'll be in the wind and be cold all night because you are my all.