半暝三更

Chinese

		midnight; late at night; deep of the night midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night	third watch; midnight
simp. and trad. (半暝三更)		半暝	三更
alternative forms		半夜三更 Teochew

Pronunciation

Northern Min (KCR): bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
Eastern Min (BUC): buáng-màng-*săng-*găng
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buan³ mên⁵ san¹ gên¹

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ³³ maŋ³³ saŋ⁵⁴ kaŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buáng-màng-*săng-*găng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ maŋ⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ saŋ⁵⁵ kaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buan³ mên⁵ san¹ gên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ mêⁿ saⁿ keⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sã³³⁻²³ kẽ³³/

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]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		半夜三更, 三更半夜, 深更半夜, 黑更半夜
Mandarin	Taiwan	三更半夜
	Harbin	黑更半夜
	Jinan	三更半夜, 半夜三更
	Luoyang	三更半夜, 半夜三更, 黑更半夜, 黑夜半地兒
	Wanrong	黑漆半夜
	Yinchuan	半夜三更, 三更半夜
	Lanzhou	半夜三更
	Xining	半夜三更
	Ürümqi	半夜三更, 深更半夜
	Wuhan	深更半夜
	Chengdu	半夜三更, 夜半三更
	Guiyang	深更半夜
	Xuzhou	黑天半夜
	Nanjing	深更半夜, 半夜三更
	Singapore	三更半夜
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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