# 半暝三更
## Chinese

| | | midnight; late at night; deep of the nightmidnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night | third watch; midnight |
| simp. and trad. (半暝三更) | simp. and trad. (半暝三更) | 半暝 | 三更 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 半夜三更 Teochew | 半夜三更 Teochew |
| anagram | anagram | 三更半暝 | 三更半暝 |

### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
* Eastern Min (BUC): buáng-màng-*săng-*găng
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buan$^3$ mê$^5$ san$^1$ gên$^1$
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-mâng-sáng-gáng
*** Sinological IPA : /puiŋ³³ maŋ³³ saŋ⁵⁴ kaŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buáng-màng-*săng-*găng
*** Sinological IPA : /puaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ maŋ⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ saŋ⁵⁵ kaŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: buan$^3$ mê$^5$ san$^1$ gên$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ mê saⁿ keⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ me⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sã³³⁻²³ kẽ³³/

### Idiom

半暝三更
* (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Zhao'an Hokkien, Teochew) 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 |