MIDNIGHT    中夜

MIDDLE of the NIGHT.
TWELVE MIDNIGHTTHE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTTHE WITCHING HOUR
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for midnight is yè fēn 夜分.
Modern Chinese Criteria
半夜 夜半 三更 子夜 午夜 中夜 中夕 中宵 夜分 宵分 夜未央 深夜 漏夜 夤夜 夜闌 深更半夜 黑更半夜 半夜三更 三更半夜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MIDDLE　PLACE OR TIME at the SAME DISTANCE FROM BORDERS OR LIMITS SURROUNDING them, OR IN-RELATION-TO TWO SIDES. (anc: 5/0, child: 1)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)

Words (2 items)

夜分  yè fēn OC: k-laɡs pɯn MC: jɣɛ pi̯un 2 Attributions

The current word for midnight is yè fēn 夜分.

    Syntactic words
  • NPadSat midnight
夜半  yè bàn OC: k-laɡs paans MC: jɣɛ pʷɑn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPmidnight
  • NPadSat midnightDS