夜中
Chinese
[edit]| night | middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (夜中) |
夜 | 中 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yèzhōng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yèjhong
- Wade–Giles: yeh4-chung1
- Yale: yè-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehjong
- Palladius: ечжун (ječžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]夜中
Synonyms
[edit]- 夜半 (yèbàn)
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 夜 | 中 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
なか Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (naka, “middle”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]The midnight sense of specifically at 12:00 AM is more commonly expressed by the term 真夜中 (mayonaka).
Derived terms
[edit]- 真夜中 (mayonaka, “midnight”)
Etymology 2
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 夜 | 中 |
| や Grade: 2 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Apparently from Middle Chinese 夜中 (MC yaeH trjuwng).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) やちゅう [yáꜜchùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) やちゅう [yàchúú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ja̠t͡ɕɨː]
Noun
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 夜 | 中 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
じゅう Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi | |
Compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) + 中 (jū, “during, throughout”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- the entire night, the period of time throughout the night
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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