半夜

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	night
simp. and trad. (半夜)		半	夜
anagram		夜半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bànyè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): бане (bani͡ə, III-I) / бане (bani͡ə, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ je⁶, bun³ je^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-ya
Min Nan (POJ): poàn-iā / pòaⁿ-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: бане (bani͡ə, III-I) / бане (bani͡ə, III-III)
  - IPA ^(key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ jəː²⁴/, /pæ̃⁴⁴ jəː⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ je⁶, bun³ je^6-2
  - Yale: bun yeh, bun yé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ je⁶, bun³ je^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yé⁶, bun³ yé²
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɛː²²/, /puːn³³ jɛː²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ ya⁴
  - IPA: /pan⁵⁵ i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban (r)ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ ya⁴
  - IPA: /pan⁵⁵ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-iā
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarn'ia
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-iā
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaria
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia⁴¹/

Noun

半夜

midnight
late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night

Synonyms

(midnight): (literary) 夜半 (yèbàn), (Hakka) 半夜仔, (Min) 半暝
(late at night): 深夜 (shēnyè), (Min) 半暝

Derived terms

三更半夜 (sāngēngbànyè)
下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
半夜三更 (bànyèsāngēng)
半夜敲門不吃驚／半夜敲门不吃惊
半夜敲門心不驚／半夜敲门心不惊
半夜裡叫城門／半夜里叫城门
平生莫做虧心事，半夜敲門不吃驚／平生莫做亏心事，半夜敲门不吃惊

後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
星光半夜
更深半夜
深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)
白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門／白天不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门
黑更半夜

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