五更

Chinese

		five	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
simp. and trad. (五更)		五	更

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔgēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ gaang¹
Min Nan (POJ): gǒ͘-kiⁿ / gō͘-kiⁿ / gō͘-keⁿ / ngó͘-keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔgēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄍㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuugeng
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ gaang¹
  - Yale: ńgh gāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ gaang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ gang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ kɑːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gǒo-kinn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gɔ²² kĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gōo-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goxkvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gɔ²²⁻²¹ kĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gɔ³³⁻¹¹ kĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gōo-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goxkvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɔ³³⁻²¹ kẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gɔ²²⁻²¹ kɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-keng
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofkefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

五更

(archaic) the five watches of the night
(archaic) fifth watch (between 3:00am and 5:00am)

Related terms

初更 (chūgēng)
二更 (èrgēng)
三更 (sāngēng)
四更 (sìgēng)

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