半夜三更
bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1bàn yè sān gēng
English
- see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
- middle of the night; very late at night; the early hours of the morning; in the depths of the night
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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