午夜

Chinese

		7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon	night
simp. and trad. (午夜)		午	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ je⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘-iā / ngó͘-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔyè
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-yeh⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuyeh
    • Palladius: уе (uje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ je⁶
    • Yale: ńgh yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɛː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-iā
    • Tâi-lô: góo-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-iā
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofia
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/

Noun

午夜

1. midnight

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 半夜 (“midnight; late night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		半夜, 夜半, 午夜, 深夜, 子夜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	半夜
	Taiwan	半夜
	Harbin	半夜
	Malaysia	半夜
	Singapore	半夜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	半夜, 半拉夜
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	半夜
	Xi'an	半夜
	Xuzhou	半夜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	半夜
	Lanzhou	半夜裡, 半夜會
	Ürümqi	半夜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	半夜
	Wuhan	半夜, 半夜裡
	Guiyang	半夜
	Guilin	半夜
	Liuzhou	半夜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	半夜, 半夜裡頭
	Yangzhou	夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜心頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	半夜
	Hong Kong	半夜
	Macau	半夜
	Taishan	半夜
	Dongguan	半夜
	Yangjiang	半夜
	Nanning	半晚
	Wuzhou	半夜
	Yulin	半夜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	半夜
	Danzhou	老夜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	半夜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	半夜
Gan	Nanchang	半夜
	Lichuan	半夜
	Pingxiang	半夜
Hakka	Meixian	半夜, 半夜隔
	Yudu	半夜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	半夜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	半夜
Huizhou	Jixi	半夜
Jin	Taiyuan	半夜
	Xinzhou	半夜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	半暝
	Jianyang	半暝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	半暝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	半暝, 半暝囝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	半暝囝
	Fuqing	半暝
	Yongtai	半暝
	Gutian	半暝
	Fu'an	半暝
	Ningde	半暝
	Zhouning	半暝
	Fuding	半暝
Southern Min	Xiamen	半暝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	半暝
	Quanzhou	半暝
	Jinjiang	半暝
	Yongchun	半暝
	Zhangzhou	半暝
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	半暝
	Zhao'an	半暝
	Kaohsiung	半暝
	Yilan	暝尾仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	半暝仔
	Taichung	半暝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	半暝
	Tainan	半暝仔, 半暝
	Taitung	半暝
	Hsinchu	半暝
	Penghu (Magong)	半暝
	Penang (Hokkien)	半暝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	半暝
	Manila (Hokkien)	半暝
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	半暝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	半暝
	Chaozhou	半暝
	Shantou	半暝
	Haifeng	半暝
	Singapore (Teochew)	半暝
	Wenchang	半暝
	Haikou	午暝, 半暝
	Qionghai	半暝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	半暝
Puxian Min	Fuding (Aoyao)	半暝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	半暝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	半夜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	半夜
Wu	Shanghai	半夜, 半夜裡向, 半夜裡
	Danyang	半夜裡, 半夜頭
	Hangzhou	半夜裡
	Ningbo	半夜裡, 半夜過
	Jinhua	半夜
Xiang	Changsha	半夜間子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (午夜):

• → Japanese: 午夜(ごや) (goya)
• → Korean: 오야(午夜) (oya)
• → Vietnamese: ngọ dạ (午夜)

(others)

• → Korean: 오밤 (obam) (partial calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
午	夜
ご Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ご​や [góꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ja̠]

Noun

午(ご)夜(や) • (goya) 

1. midnight

   Synonyms: 真夜中, 夜半