粵

半bun3夜je6三saam1更gaang1

bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1bàn yè sān gēng

English

  1. see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
  2. middle of the night; very late at night; the early hours of the morning; in the depths of the night

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本來指午夜,泛指半夜

Examples

  • 我老公成日半夜三更先至返屋企。

    My husband often doesn't go home until late 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

  • 依家三更半夜,梗係一個人都冇啦!

    It's now the middle of the night, of course there's not even one person around.

  • 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

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

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