前半夜

Chinese

		first half	night
trad. (前半夜)		前半	夜
simp. #(前半夜)		前半	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiánbànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qian² ban⁴ ye⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ bun³ je⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹ ban³ ie³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánbànyè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-pan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chyán-bàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanbannyeh
    • Palladius: цяньбанье (cjanʹbanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qian² ban⁴ ye⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kianbanje
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹ pan²¹³ iɛ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ bun³ je⁶
    • Yale: chìhn bun yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ bun³ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ bun³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ puːn³³ jɛː²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qie¹ ban³ ie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹ pæ̃⁴⁵ ie⁴⁵/

Noun

前半夜

1. first half of the night; time before midnight

Synonyms

• 上半夜 (shàngbànyè)
• (Northern Min) 上半暝
• (Hokkien) 頂半暝／顶半暝
• (Xiang) 上半晚

Antonyms

• 下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
• 後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
• (Hokkien) 後半暝／后半暝, 下半暝