半暝三更
Chinese
third watch; midnight | |||
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simp. and trad. (半暝三更) |
半暝 | 三更 | |
alternative forms | 半夜三更 Teochew | ||
anagram | 三更半暝 |
Pronunciation
- Northern Min (KCR): bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
- Eastern Min (BUC): buáng-màng-*săng-*găng
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buan3 mê5 san1 gên1
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
- Sinological IPA (key): /puiŋ³³ maŋ³³ saŋ⁵⁴ kaŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: buan3 mê5 san1 gên1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ mê saⁿ keⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sã³³⁻²³ kẽ³³/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
半暝三更
- (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Zhao'an Hokkien, Teochew) 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]