上半夜

Chinese

		upper half	night
simp. and trad. (上半夜)		上半	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngbànyè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ban⁴ ye⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-pòaⁿ-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbànyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbànyè
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: shàng-bàn-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbannyeh
  - Palladius: шанбанье (šanbanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ban⁴ ye⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangbanje
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ pan²¹³ iɛ²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
  - Yale: seuhng bun yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bun³ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bun³ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² puːn³³ jɛː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-pòaⁿ-iā
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-puànn-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngpvoaria
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ puã²¹⁻⁵³ ia²²/

Noun

上半夜

first half of the night; time before midnight

Synonyms

前半夜 (qiánbànyè)
(Hakka) 上夜
(Northern Min) 上半暝
(Hokkien) 頂半暝／顶半暝
(Xiang) 上半晚

Antonyms

下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
(Hokkien) 後半暝／后半暝, 下半暝