夜半

Chinese

		night	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (夜半)		夜	半
anagram		半夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ bun³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ya-poe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèbàn
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-pan⁴
    • Yale: yè-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehbann
    • Palladius: ебань (jebanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ bun³
    • Yale: yeh bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² puːn³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya-poe
    • MiniDict: ya^去 poe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-poe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² pø⁴⁴/

Noun

夜半

1. (literary) midnight

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 半夜 (“midnight; late night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		半夜, 夜半, 午夜, 深夜, 子夜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	半夜
	Taiwan	半夜
	Harbin	半夜
	Malaysia	半夜
	Singapore	半夜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	半夜, 半拉夜
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	半夜
	Xi'an	半夜
	Xuzhou	半夜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	半夜
	Lanzhou	半夜裡, 半夜會
	Ürümqi	半夜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	半夜
	Wuhan	半夜, 半夜裡
	Guiyang	半夜
	Guilin	半夜
	Liuzhou	半夜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	半夜, 半夜裡頭
	Yangzhou	夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜心頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	半夜
	Hong Kong	半夜
	Macau	半夜
	Taishan	半夜
	Dongguan	半夜
	Yangjiang	半夜
	Nanning	半晚
	Wuzhou	半夜
	Yulin	半夜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	半夜
	Danzhou	老夜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	半夜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	半夜
Gan	Nanchang	半夜
	Lichuan	半夜
	Pingxiang	半夜
Hakka	Meixian	半夜, 半夜隔
	Yudu	半夜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	半夜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	半夜, 半夜仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	半夜
Huizhou	Jixi	半夜
Jin	Taiyuan	半夜
	Xinzhou	半夜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	半暝
	Jianyang	半暝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	半暝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	半暝, 半暝囝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	半暝囝
	Fuqing	半暝
	Yongtai	半暝
	Gutian	半暝
	Fu'an	半暝
	Ningde	半暝
	Zhouning	半暝
	Fuding	半暝
Southern Min	Xiamen	半暝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	半暝
	Quanzhou	半暝
	Jinjiang	半暝
	Yongchun	半暝
	Zhangzhou	半暝
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	半暝
	Zhao'an	半暝
	Kaohsiung	半暝
	Yilan	暝尾仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	半暝仔
	Taichung	半暝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	半暝
	Tainan	半暝仔, 半暝
	Taitung	半暝
	Hsinchu	半暝
	Penghu (Magong)	半暝
	Penang (Hokkien)	半暝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	半暝
	Manila (Hokkien)	半暝
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	半暝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	半暝
	Chaozhou	半暝
	Shantou	半暝
	Haifeng	半暝
	Singapore (Teochew)	半暝
	Leizhou	半暝
	Wenchang	半暝
	Haikou	午暝, 半暝
	Qionghai	半暝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	半暝
Puxian Min	Putian	半暝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	半暝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	半暝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	半暝
	Xianyou	半暝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	半暝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	半暝
	Fuding (Aoyao)	半暝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	半暝
	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
	Danyang	半夜裡, 半夜頭
	Hangzhou	半夜裡
	Ningbo	半夜裡, 半夜過
	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^(key): [ja̠hã̠ɴ]

• (Tokyo) やはん [yáꜜhàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠hã̠ɴ]

Noun

夜(や)半(はん) • (yahan) 

1. 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^(key): [jo̞β̞a̠]

Noun

夜(よ)半(わ) • (yowa) 

1. midnight