# 三更半暝
## Chinese

| | | third watch; midnight | midnight; late at night; deep of the nightmidnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night |
| simp. and trad. (三更半暝) | simp. and trad. (三更半暝) | 三更 | 半暝 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 三更半夜 | 三更半夜 |
| anagram | anagram | 半暝三更 | 半暝三更 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-kiⁿ-pòaⁿ-mî / saⁿ-keⁿ-pòaⁿ-mêe / saⁿ-keⁿ-pòaⁿ-mê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): san$^1$ gên$^1$ buan$^3$ mên$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kiⁿ-pòaⁿ-mî
*** Tâi-lô: sann-kinn-puànn-mî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kvi'pvoarmii
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sã³³ kĩ³³ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁴² mi²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Philippines): /sã³³ kĩ³³ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mi²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-keⁿ-pòaⁿ-mêe
*** Tâi-lô: sann-kenn-puànn-mêe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁵³ mɛ̃¹³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-keⁿ-pòaⁿ-mê
*** Tâi-lô: sann-kenn-puànn-mê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kve'pvoarmee
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ mẽ²³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kẽ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹⁻⁴² me²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: san$^1$ gên$^1$ buan$^3$ mên$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ keⁿ puàⁿ mêⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /sã³³⁻²³ kẽ³³⁻²³ pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mẽ⁵⁵/

### Idiom

三更半暝
* (Southern Min) in the middle of the night; late at night

#### 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 |