深更

Chinese

	deep; profound	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
trad. (深更)	深	更
simp. ^#(深更)	深	更
anagram	更深

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gaang¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhim-kiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shēngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄍㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengeng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengeng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən˥ kɤŋ˥/
  - Homophones:
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    深更
    深耕
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: sam¹ gaang¹
  - Yale: sām gāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gaang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ gang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm˥ käːŋ˥/
  - Homophones:
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    深更
    深耕
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimkvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰim˦˦꜔꜔ kĩ˦˦/

Noun

深更

very late at night; middle of the night
- 舊情夜窗邊，一個人到深更。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  旧情夜窗边，一个人到深更。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 陳雷, 悲傷的雨水
  Kū-chêng iā thang piⁿ, chi̍t-ê-lâng kàu chhim-kiⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  At the windowsill of past love's night, I was all alone till the middle of the night.

Synonyms

深夜 (shēnyè)

Derived terms

深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	更
しん Grade: 3	こう Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

/ɕinkau/ → /ɕinkɔː/ → /ɕinkoː/

Appears to be from Middle Chinese 深更 (MC ɕiɪm kˠæŋ). Also analyzable as a compound of 深 (shin, “deep”) +‎ 更 (kō, “late night”, in reference to one of the five night-watchman shifts in pre-modern Japan).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) しんこー [shìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

深更 (hiragana しんこう, rōmaji shinkō, historical hiragana しんかう)

the middle of the night, late at night

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN