三更半夜

Traditional form:

三更半夜

Pinyin (reading):

sāngēngbànyè

Definitions:

• in the depth of the night; very late at night

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night