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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngēngbànyè, sānjīngbànyè

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶ / saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lham¹ gang¹ bon¹ yie^4*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sâm-kâng-pan-ya

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ gang¹ ban⁴ ya⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-kan-poe-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 / saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je^6-2
    • Yale: sāam gāang bun yeh / sāam gāang bun yé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je⁶ / saam¹ gaang¹ bun³ je^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gang¹ bun³ yé⁶ / sam¹ gang¹ bun³ yé^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ jɛː²²/, /saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ jɛː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lham¹ gang¹ bon¹ yie^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬam³³ kaŋ³³ pᵘɔn³³ jiɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• 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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam¹ gang¹ ban⁴ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ia⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se-kan-poe-ya
    • MiniDict: se^平 kan poe ya
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-kan-poe-hhia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ kã³³ pø³³ ɦia²¹/

Idiom

三更半夜

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 半夜三更 (“middle of the night; late at night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		半夜三更, 三更半夜, 深更半夜, 黑更半夜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	三更半夜
	Harbin	黑更半夜
	Singapore	三更半夜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	三更半夜, 半夜三更
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	三更半夜, 半夜三更, 黑更半夜, 黑夜半地兒
	Wanrong	黑漆半夜
	Xining	半夜三更
	Xuzhou	黑天半夜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Lanzhou	半夜三更
	Ürümqi	半夜三更, 深更半夜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	半夜三更, 夜半三更
	Wuhan	深更半夜
	Guiyang	深更半夜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	深更半夜, 半夜三更
Cantonese	Guangzhou	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Hong Kong	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Taishan	三更半夜
	Dongguan	三更半夜, 半夜三更
Gan	Nanchang	半夜三更
	Lichuan	半夜三更
	Pingxiang	三更半夜
Hakka	Meixian	三更半夜
	Yudu	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三更半夜
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	三光半夜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三更半夜, 星光半夜, 半夜三更
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三光半夜, 半夜三更
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三更半夜, 星光半夜, 半夜三更
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三更半夜
Huizhou	Jixi	半夜三更, 半夜烏更
Jin	Taiyuan	半夜五更
Northern Min	Jian'ou	半暝三更
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	半暝三更
Southern Min	Xiamen	三更半暝
	Quanzhou	三更半暝
	Jinjiang	三更半暝
	Zhangzhou	三更半暝
	Zhao'an	三更半暝, 半暝三更
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	三更半暝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	三更半暝
	Kaohsiung	三更半暝
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	三更半暝
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	三更半暝
	Yilan (Luodong)	三更半暝
	Yilan (Toucheng)	三更半暝
	Tainan	三更半暝
	Tainan (Anping)	三更半暝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	三更半暝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	三更半暝
	Shantou	三更半暝
	Jieyang	三更半暝, 半暝三更
	Haikou	三更半暝
Wu	Shanghai	三更半夜, 半夜三更
	Shanghai (Chongming)	半夜三更
	Suzhou	半夜三更, 成更半夜
	Ningbo	半夜三更, 淨更半夜
	Wenzhou	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Jinhua	半夜三更
Xiang	Loudi	夜半三深, 半夜三深