半夜

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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

Rime
Character 半 夜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 桓 (62) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 博慢切 羊謝切
Baxter panH yaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/puɑnH/ /jiaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʷɑnH/ /jiaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/puɑnH/ /iaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pwanH/ /jiaH/
Li
Rong 		/puɑnH/ /iaH/
Wang
Li 		/puɑnH/ /jĭaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/puɑnH/ /i̯aH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bàn yè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bun3 je6

Noun

半夜

  1. half of the night
    前半夜  ―  qián bànyè  ―  first half of the night
  2. midnight; (in general) late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 半夜 (“midnight; late night”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 半夜, 夜半, 午夜, 深夜, 子夜
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 半夜
Taiwan 半夜
Harbin 半夜
Malaysia 半夜
Singapore 半夜
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 半夜, 半拉夜
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 半夜
Xi'an 半夜
Xuzhou 半夜
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 半夜
Lanzhou 半夜裡, 半夜會
Ürümqi 半夜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 半夜
Wuhan 半夜, 半夜裡
Guiyang 半夜
Guilin 半夜
Liuzhou 半夜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 半夜, 半夜裡頭
Yangzhou 夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜心頭
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
Fuzhou (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
Leizhou 半暝
Wenchang 半暝
Haikou 午暝, 半暝
Qionghai 半暝
Singapore (Hainanese) 半暝
Puxian Min Putian 半暝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 半暝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 半暝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 半暝
Xianyou 半暝
Xianyou (Fengting) 半暝
Xianyou (Youyang) 半暝
Fuding (Aoyao) 半暝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 半暝
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 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

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