三更
saam1 gang1inferredsān gēng
English
- third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
- midnight
- also pr. [san1 jin1]
Examples
對我嚟講梗係三更半夜喇!
If you ask me, that's clearly the middle of the night!
仆街,邊撚個半夜三更打俾我呀?
Dammit, who the hell's calling me in the middle of the night?
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
屌,邊條仆街半夜三更打俾我呀?!
Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
仆佢個街吖,邊條粉腸夠膽死半夜三更打電話俾我?!
Fucking hell, what idiot dare phone me in the middle of the night?
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
三更半夜不睡觉,你在干嘛呢?
It's the middle of the night. Why aren't you asleep?
Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized