# 午夜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǔyè
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^5$ je$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘-iā / ngó͘-iā
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǔyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǔyè
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^3$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: wǔ-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuyeh
*** Palladius: уе (uje)
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^5$ je$^6$
*** Yale: ńgh yeh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^5$ je$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^5$ yé$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍¹³ jɛː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-iā
*** Tâi-lô: góo-iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gofia
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-iā
*** Tâi-lô: ngóo-iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngofia
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/

### Noun

午夜
* midnight

#### Synonyms

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

#### Descendants

* → 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

* (Tokyo) ごや [góꜜyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡo̞ja̠]

### Noun

午(ご)夜(や) • (goya)
* midnight
    Synonyms: 真夜中, 夜半, 子夜

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN