白夜

Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
night
simp. and trad.
(白夜)

Pronunciation


Noun

白夜

  1. the midnight sun (white night)
  2. (dialectal) daytime

Synonyms

  • (daytime):

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
びゃく
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びゃくや [byáꜜkùyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲa̠kɯ̟ja̠]

Noun

(びゃく)() • (byakuya

  1. the midnight sun (white night)
    (びゃく)()()()ガイア
    Byakuya no Kishi Gaia
    Gaia, Knight of the Midnight Sun

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(はく)() • (hakuya

  1. the midnight sun (white night)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

白夜 • (baegya or McCune-Reischauer: paegya or Yale: payk.ya) (hangeul 백야)

  1. hanja form? of 백야 (midnight sun (white night))