夜精

Chinese

night
energy; perfect; excellent
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
trad. (夜精) 夜 精
simp. #(夜精) 夜 精

Pronunciation

  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: ia5 jin1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡ɕin³³/

Noun

夜精

  1. (Xiang) night owl
  2. (Xiang) someone who does bad things at night

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 夜貓子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 夜貓子
Taiwan 夜貓子
Harbin 夜貓子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 夜貓子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 夜貓子
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 夜貓子
Xuzhou 夜貓子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 夜貓子
Wuhan 夜貓子
Liuzhou 夜貓子
Cantonese Guangzhou 夜鬼, 夜遊神
Hong Kong 夜貓, 夜鬼
Hakka Meixian 夜摸仔
Southern Min Xiamen 暗光鳥
Quanzhou 暗光鳥
Zhangzhou 暗光鳥
Tainan 暗光鳥, 夜婆
Penang (Hokkien) 暗光鳥
Singapore (Hokkien) 暗光鳥
Jieyang 暝吆, 暝喝
Wu Danyang 夜摸索
Xiang Changsha 夜貓子, 夜精
Loudi 夜貓子
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