甲夜

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	night
simp. and trad. (甲夜)		甲	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎyè
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeayeh
    • Palladius: цзяе (czjaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ je⁶
    • Yale: gaap yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ jɛː²²/

Noun

甲夜

1. (historical) first watch; of the five traditional night-watches, from around 7pm until 9pm.

Coordinate terms

• 乙夜 (yǐyè, “second watch”)
• 丙夜 (bǐngyè, “third watch”)
• 丁夜 (dīngyè, “fourth watch”)
• 戊夜 (wùyè, “fifth watch”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甲	夜
こう Grade: S	や Grade: 2
kan’on

Noun

甲(こう)夜(や) • (kōya) 

1. (historical) first watch of the five night-watches, around 7–9 p.m.

   Hypernyms: 五更, 五夜

   Coordinate terms: 甲夜, 乙夜, 丙夜, 丁夜, 戊夜

Synonyms

• 初更(はつこう) (hatsukō)
• 初夜(はつや) (hatsuya)
• 一更(いっこう) (ikkō)
• 一夜(いちや) (ichiya)