大半夜

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	night
simp. and trad. (大半夜)		大	半	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶du-poe-ya

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbànyè
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: dà-bàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbannyeh
    • Palladius: дабанье (dabanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-poe-ya
    • MiniDict: du^去 poe ya
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-poe-hhia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² pø⁵⁵ ɦia²¹/

Noun

大半夜

1. late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night

   儂做啥大半夜來燒飯？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬做啥大半夜来烧饭？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁵tsu-sa ⁶du-poe-ya ⁶le ¹sau ⁶ve [Wugniu]

   Why are you cooking in the middle of the night?

2. most the night