半夜五更

Chinese

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
 
 the five watches of the night; fifth watch
simp. and trad.
(半夜五更) 		半夜 五更

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): ban3 ie3 vu2 jing1
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: ban3 ie3 vu2 jing1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pæ̃⁴⁵ ie⁴⁵ vu⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ¹¹/

Idiom

半夜五更

  1. (Jin) 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
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
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