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午夜

午夜

Chinese

		11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 7th earthly branch; noon	night
simp. and trad. (午夜)		午	夜

Noun

午夜

midnight

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǔyè

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ je⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ngó͘-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ je⁶
  - Yale: ńgh yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ je⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-iā
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia³³/