起早暝晏

Chinese

		to wake up early; early morning	(Southern Min) night	late; quiet
trad. (起早暝晏)		起早	暝	晏
simp. #(起早暝晏)		起早	暝	晏

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): ki³ zor³ ma² ua⁴

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³ zor³ ma² ua⁴ [Phonetic: ki⁵ or⁵ ma¹ ua⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-cô̤-má-ua̍ⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ɒ⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ma¹³⁻⁵⁵ ua⁴²/

Idiom

起早暝晏

1. (Putian Puxian Min) to work hard night and day; to burn the candle at both ends

Synonyms

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• 夙興夜寐 / 夙兴夜寐 (sùxīngyèmèi)
• 起早坐晏 (Hokkien)
• 起早坐暗 (Hokkien)
• 起早坐酉 (Hokkien)
• 起早摸暗 (Hokkien)
• 起早摸黑 (qǐzǎomōhēi)
• 起早暝暗 (Puxian Min)
• 起早貪黑 / 起早贪黑 (qǐzǎomōhēi)
• 起早起晏 (Puxian Min)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “起早暝晏”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 320.