# 半夜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bànyè
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban$^4$ ye$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бане (bani͡ə, III-I) / бане (bani͡ə, III-III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bun$^3$ je$^6$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bon$^1$ yie$^{5-4*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pan-ya
    (Hailu, HRS): ban$^ˇ$ rha$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ban$^4$ ya$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ban$^3$ ie$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-iā / pòaⁿ-iā
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$poe-ya
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bànyè
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bànyè
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-yeh$^4$
*** Yale: bàn-yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyeh
*** Palladius: банье (banʹje)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ban$^4$ ye$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: banje
*** Sinological IPA : /pan²¹³ iɛ²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бане (bani͡ə, III-I) / бане (bani͡ə, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /pæ̃⁴⁴ iə²⁴/, /pæ̃⁴⁴ iə⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^3$ je$^6$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: bun yeh / bun yé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^3$ je$^6$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^3$ yé$^6$ / bun$^3$ yé$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³³ jɛː²²/, /puːn³³ jɛː²²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bon$^1$ yie$^{5-4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pᵘɔn³³ jiɛ³²⁻²¹⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^4$ ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ i̯a⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban (r)ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^4$ ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban$^ˇ$ rha$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan¹¹ ʒa³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ban$^4$ ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ia⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^3$ ie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵ ie⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-iā
*** Tâi-lô: puàn-iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poarn'ia
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-iā
*** Tâi-lô: puànn-iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaria
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$poe-ya
*** MiniDict: poe$^去$ ya
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$poe-hhia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø³³ ɦia⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: panH yaeH
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 | /puɑn$^H$/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷɑn$^H$/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑn$^H$/ | /ia$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwan$^H$/ | /jia$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑn$^H$/ | /ia$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑn$^H$/ | /jĭa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /puɑn$^H$/ | /i̯a$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bàn | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bun$^3$ | je$^6$ |

### Noun

半夜
* half of the night
    前半夜 ― qián bànyè ― first half of the night
* midnight; (in general) late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night
    From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
    Hūrán dà léi dà yǔ, jiāyǐ bīngbáo, luò dào bànyè fāng zhǐ, huài què fángwū wúshù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
* 三更半夜
* 半夜三更
* 半夜敲門不吃驚／半夜敲门不吃惊
* 半夜敲門心不驚／半夜敲门心不惊
* 半夜裡叫城門／半夜里叫城门
* 平生莫做虧心事，半夜敲門不吃驚／平生莫做亏心事，半夜敲门不吃惊
* 後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
* 星光半夜
* 更深半夜
* 深更半夜 (shēngēngbànyè)
* 白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門／白天不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门
* 黑更半夜
* 黑更半夜夜半三更