午夜

Chinese
7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon night
simp. and trad.
(午夜)		 午 夜

Pronunciation

Noun

午夜

  1. midnight

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 半夜 (“midnight; late night”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 半夜, 夜半, 午夜, 深夜, 子夜
Mandarin Beijing 半夜
Taiwan 半夜
Harbin 半夜
Yantai (Muping) 半夜, 半拉夜
Wanrong 半夜
Xi'an 半夜
Yinchuan 半夜
Lanzhou 半夜裡, 半夜會
Ürümqi 半夜
Wuhan 半夜, 半夜裡
Chengdu 半夜
Guiyang 半夜
Guilin 半夜
Liuzhou 半夜
Xuzhou 半夜
Yangzhou 夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜心頭
Nanjing 半夜, 半夜裡頭
Malaysia 半夜
Singapore 半夜
Cantonese Guangzhou 半夜
Hong Kong 半夜
Macau 半夜
Taishan 半夜
Dongguan 半夜
Yangjiang 半夜
Nanning 半晚
Wuzhou 半夜
Yulin 半夜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 半夜
Danzhou 老夜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 半夜
Singapore (Guangfu) 半夜
Gan Nanchang 半夜
Lichuan 半夜
Pingxiang 半夜
Hakka Meixian 半夜, 半夜隔
Yudu 半夜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 半夜, 半夜仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 半夜, 半夜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 半夜, 半夜仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 半夜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 半夜, 半夜仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 半夜
Huizhou Jixi 半夜
Jin Taiyuan 半夜
Xinzhou 半夜
Northern Min Jian'ou 半暝
Jianyang 半暝
Pucheng (Shibei) 半暝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 半暝, 半暝囝
Changle 半暝囝
Fuqing 半暝
Yongtai 半暝
Gutian 半暝
Fu'an 半暝
Ningde 半暝
Zhouning 半暝
Fuding 半暝
Southern Min Xiamen 半暝
Xiamen (Tong'an) 半暝
Quanzhou 半暝
Jinjiang 半暝
Yongchun 半暝
Zhangzhou 半暝
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 半暝
Zhao'an 半暝
Kaohsiung 半暝
Yilan 暝尾仔
Changhua (Lukang) 半暝仔
Taichung 半暝
Taichung (Wuqi) 半暝
Tainan 半暝仔, 半暝
Taitung 半暝
Hsinchu 半暝
Penghu (Magong) 半暝
Penang (Hokkien) 半暝
Singapore (Hokkien) 半暝
Manila (Hokkien) 半暝
Zhangping (Yongfu) 半暝
Pingnan (Shangdu) 半暝
Chaozhou 半暝
Shantou 半暝
Haifeng 半暝
Singapore (Teochew) 半暝
Wenchang 半暝
Haikou 午暝, 半暝
Qionghai 半暝
Singapore (Hainanese) 半暝
Puxian Min Fuding (Aoyao) 半暝
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 半暝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 半夜
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 半夜
Wu Shanghai 半夜, 半夜裡向, 半夜裡
Danyang 半夜裡, 半夜頭
Hangzhou 半夜裡
Ningbo 半夜裡, 半夜過
Jinhua 半夜
Xiang Changsha 半夜間子

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (午夜):
  • → Japanese: 午夜(ごや) (goya)
  • → Korean: 오야(午夜) (oya)
  • → Vietnamese: ngọ dạ (午夜)

(others)

  • → Korean: 오밤 (obam) (partial calque)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
午 夜
ご
Grade: 2		 や
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

午(ご)夜(や) • (goya) 

  1. midnight
    Synonyms: 真夜中, 夜半

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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