# 夜半三更
## Chinese

| | | night | half; semi-; incompletehalf; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | third watch; midnight |
| simp. and trad. (夜半三更) | simp. and trad. (夜半三更) | 夜 | 半 | 三更 |
| anagrams | anagrams | 半夜三更 三更半夜 | 半夜三更 三更半夜 | 半夜三更 三更半夜 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yèbànsāngēng
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye$^4$ ban$^4$ san$^1$ gen$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^6$ bun$^3$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yèbànsāngēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yèbànsangeng
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$-pan$^4$-san$^1$-kêng$^1$
*** Yale: yè-bàn-sān-gēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehbannsangeng
*** Palladius: ебаньсаньгэн (jebanʹsanʹgɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ye$^4$ ban$^4$ san$^1$ gen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iebansangen
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ²¹³ pan²¹³ san⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^6$ bun$^3$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
*** Yale: yeh bun sāam gāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^6$ bun$^3$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^6$ bun$^3$ sam$^1$ gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²² puːn³³ saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵/

### Idiom

夜半三更
* in the middle of the night; late at night
** 2009, 陳寶華 [Ella Chan], 黃予嬌, 26:34 from the start, in 絕代商驕 [You're Hired]‎, episode 17 (television production), spoken by 麥提爽 [Mak Tai Song] (黃子華 [Dayo Wong]), via TVB:
       je$^6$ bun$^3$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$, mou$^4$ dyun$^1$ dyun$^1$ zau$^2$ lai$^4$ laam$^2$ ngo$^5$ jat$^1$ je$^5$, nei$^5$ dou$^1$ hai$^6$ geng$^1$ ngo$^5$ m$^4$ hoi$^1$ sam$^1$ ze$^1$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 半夜三更, 三更半夜, 深更半夜, 黑更半夜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 三更半夜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黑更半夜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 三更半夜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 三更半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 三更半夜, 半夜三更, 黑更半夜, 黑夜半地兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黑漆半夜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 半夜三更 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黑天半夜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 半夜三更, 三更半夜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 半夜三更 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 半夜三更, 深更半夜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 半夜三更, 夜半三更 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 深更半夜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 深更半夜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 深更半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 半夜三更, 三更半夜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 半夜三更, 三更半夜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 三更半夜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 三更半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 半夜三更 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 半夜三更 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 三更半夜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 三更半夜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 半夜三更, 三更半夜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三更半夜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 三光半夜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三更半夜, 星光半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三光半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三更半夜, 星光半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 三更半暝, 半暝三更 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 三更半暝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 三更半暝, 半暝三更 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 三更半暝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 三更半夜, 半夜三更 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 半夜三更 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 半夜三更, 成更半夜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 半夜三更, 淨更半夜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 半夜三更, 三更半夜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 半夜三更 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 夜半三深, 半夜三深 |