三更

Chinese

		three	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
simp. and trad. (三更)		三	更

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāngēng, sānjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄍㄥ, ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gaang¹, saam¹ gang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-kâng
Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ-keⁿ / saⁿ-kiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sāngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄍㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangeng
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjing
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gaang¹, saam¹ gang¹
  - Yale: sāam gāang, sāam gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gaang¹, saam¹ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gang¹, sam¹ geng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ käːŋ⁵⁵/, /säːm⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-kâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam´ gang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ gang¹
  - IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sann-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sann-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

三更

third watch (between 11:00pm and 1:00am); midnight

Derived terms

三更半夜 (sāngēngbànyè)
三更半暝
三更四鼓
三更燈火五更雞／三更灯火五更鸡 (sāngēng dēnghuǒ wǔgēng jī)

半夜三更 (bànyèsāngēng)
半暝三更
夜半三更
閻王叫你三更死，誰敢留人到五更／阎王叫你三更死，谁敢留人到五更

Related terms

初更 (chūgēng)
二更 (èrgēng)
四更 (sìgēng)
五更 (wǔgēng)

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