Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

三更

sāngēng

ㄙㄢ ㄍㄥ

  1. 1third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
  2. 2midnight
  3. 3also pr. [san1 jin1]
Example

三更半夜不睡覺,你在幹嘛呢?

sāngēngbànyè bú shuìjiào nǐ zài gànmá ne

It's the middle of the night. Why aren't you asleep?

Keep 三更 and it comes back until you know it.

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