三更半夜

Chinese

		third watch; midnight	half of the night; midnight; late at night half of the night; midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night
simp. and trad. (三更半夜)		三更	半夜
anagrams		半夜三更 夜半三更

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngēngbànyè, sānjīngbànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ, ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-kâng-pan-ya

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngēngbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangengbànyè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kêng¹-pan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: sān-gēng-bàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangengbannyeh
    • Palladius: саньгэнбанье (sanʹgɛnbanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānjīngbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanjingbànyè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ching¹-pan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: sān-jīng-bàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjingbannyeh
    • Palladius: саньцзинбанье (sanʹczinbanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶
    • Yale: sāam gāang bun yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gang¹ bun³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ jɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-kâng-pan-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ gang´ ban ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ gang¹ ban⁴ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan⁵⁵ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-kâng-pan-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ gang´ ban (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ gang¹ ban⁴ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pan⁵⁵ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/

Idiom

1. in the middle of the night; late at night

Synonyms

• 半夜三更 (bànyèsāngēng)
• 深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)
• (Hakka) 星光半夜
• (Min Nan) 三更半暝