粵

午ng5夜je6

ng5 je6wǔ yè

English

  1. midnight
  2. midnight; around midnight; used to distinguish 12 o'clock midnight and 12 noon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 半夜;指夜晚十二點鐘左右;用嚟同中午區分

Examples

  • 天文台喺午夜十二時二十分發出黃色暴雨警告。

    The Observatory issued the yellow rainstorm warning at 12:20 at night.

  • 湯姆午夜才到家。

    Tom got home at midnight.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 這裡已經是午夜了。

    It's almost midnight here.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我们在午夜之后起床。

    We got up after midnight.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 我们叫那个颜色“午夜蓝”。

    We call that color "midnight blue".

    Tatoeba · mervegorus CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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