子夜

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., 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

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• 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): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• 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^ˋ ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/

Noun

子夜

1. 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

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

Noun

子(し)夜(や) • (shiya) 

1. midnight

Synonyms

• 真(ま)夜(よ)中(なか) (mayonaka)

Antonyms

• 正(しょう)午(ご) (shōgo, “midday”)