深夜

Chinese

		deep; profound	night
trad. (深夜)		深	夜
simp. #(深夜)		深	夜
anagram		夜深

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ je⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m-ya
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenyè
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: shēn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenyeh
    • Palladius: шэнье (šɛnʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ je⁶
    • Yale: sām yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim´ ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim´ (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-iā
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chim'ia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰim³³ ia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/

Noun

深夜

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

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
Mandarin	Beijing	半夜
	Taiwan	半夜
	Harbin	半夜
	Yantai (Muping)	半夜, 半拉夜
	Wanrong	半夜
	Xi'an	半夜
	Yinchuan	半夜
	Lanzhou	半夜裡, 半夜會
	Ürümqi	半夜
	Wuhan	半夜, 半夜裡
	Chengdu	半夜
	Guiyang	半夜
	Guilin	半夜
	Liuzhou	半夜
	Xuzhou	半夜
	Yangzhou	夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜心頭
	Nanjing	半夜, 半夜裡頭
	Malaysia	半夜
	Singapore	半夜
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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	半暝
	Jianyang	半暝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	半暝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	半暝, 半暝囝
	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
Min Nan	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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	夜
しん Grade: 3	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んや [shíꜜǹ'yà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ja̠]

Noun

深(しん)夜(や) • (shin'ya) 

1. midnight, late night

   Synonym: 真夜中

   深夜(しんや)番組(ばんぐみ)

   shin'ya bangumi

   late-night broadcast

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	夜

Noun

深夜 • (simya) (hangeul 심야)

1. Hanja form^? of 심야 (“midnight; late night”).