子夜

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight	night
simp. and trad. (子夜)		子	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐyè

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² je⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-ya

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhyè
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-yeh⁴
  - Yale: dž-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyyeh
  - Palladius: цзые (czyje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    子夜
    子葉／子叶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² je⁶
  - Yale: jí yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jɛː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii` (r)ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/

Noun

子夜

midnight (11 pm – 1 am)

Synonyms

半夜 (bànyè)
午夜 (wǔyè)
夜半 (yèbàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (子夜):

→ Japanese: 子夜(しや) (shiya)
→ Korean: 자야(子夜) (jaya)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	夜
し Grade: 1	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) しや [shíꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕija̠]

Noun

子(し)夜(や) • (shiya)

midnight

Synonyms

真(ま)夜(よ)中(なか) (mayonaka)

Antonyms

正(しょう)午(ご) (shōgo, “midday”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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