# 夜半
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yèbàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^6$ bun$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ya-poe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yèbàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yèbàn
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$-pan$^4$
*** Yale: yè-bàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehbann
*** Palladius: ебань (jebanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^6$ bun$^3$
*** Yale: yeh bun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^6$ bun$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^6$ bun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²² puːn³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya-poe
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$ poe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia-poe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² pø⁴⁴/

### Noun

夜半
* (literary) midnight

#### 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 | Leizhou | 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 | Putian | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 半暝 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 半暝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 半暝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 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

* 夜半三更 (yèbànsāngēng)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 夜 | 半 |
| や Grade: 2 | はん Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) やはん [yàháń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ja̠hã̠ɴ]
* (Tokyo) やはん [yáꜜhàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ja̠hã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

夜(や)半(はん) • (yahan)
* midnight

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 夜 | 半 |
| よ Grade: 2 | わ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | irregular |

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よわ [yóꜜwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [jo̞β̞a̠]

#### Noun

夜(よ)半(わ) • (yowa)
* midnight