# 半夜三更
## Chinese

| | | half of the night; midnight; late at nighthalf of the night; midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night | third watch; midnight |
| simp. and trad. (半夜三更) | simp. and trad. (半夜三更) | 半夜 | 三更 |
| anagrams | anagrams | 夜半三更 三更半夜 | 夜半三更 三更半夜 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bànyèsāngēng, bànyèsānjīng
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ, ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban$^4$ ye$^4$ san$^1$ gen$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^3$ je$^6$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pan-ya-sâm-kâng
    (Hailu, HRS): ban$^ˇ$ rha$^˖$ sam$^ˋ$ gang$^ˋ$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$poe-ya-se-kan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bànyèsāngēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bànyèsangeng
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-yeh$^4$-san$^1$-kêng$^1$
*** Yale: bàn-yè-sān-gēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyehsangeng
*** Palladius: баньесаньгэн (banʹjesanʹgɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bànyèsānjīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bànyèsanjing
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-yeh$^4$-san$^1$-ching$^1$
*** Yale: bàn-yè-sān-jīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannyehsanjing
*** Palladius: баньесаньцзин (banʹjesanʹczin)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ban$^4$ ye$^4$ san$^1$ gen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: banjesangen
*** Sinological IPA : /pan²¹³ iɛ²¹³ san⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^3$ je$^6$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
*** Yale: bun yeh sāam gāang / bun yé sāam gāang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^3$ je$^6$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$ / bun$^3$ je$^{6-2}$ saam$^1$ gaang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^3$ yé$^6$ sam$^1$ gang$^1$ / bun$^3$ yé$^{6-2}$ sam$^1$ gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³³ jɛː²² saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵/, /puːn³³ jɛː²²⁻³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya-sâm-kâng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban ia sam$^ˊ$ gang$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^4$ ya$^4$ sam$^1$ gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ i̯a⁵⁵ sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-ya-sâm-kâng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban (r)ia sam$^ˊ$ gang$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^4$ ya$^4$ sam$^1$ gang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ (j)i̯a⁵⁵ sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban$^ˇ$ rha$^˖$ sam$^ˋ$ gang$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan¹¹ ʒa³³ sam⁵³ kaŋ⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$poe-ya-se-kan
*** MiniDict: poe$^去$ ya se kan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$poe-hhia-se-kan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø³³ ɦia⁵⁵ se³³ kã²¹/

### Idiom

半夜三更
* late at night; depths of night; midnight hours

#### 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 |