MIDNIGHT  中夜

MIDDLE of the NIGHT.
TWELVE MIDNIGHTTHE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTTHE WITCHING HOUR
Hypernym
  • MIDDLEPLACE OR TIME at the SAME DISTANCE FROM BORDERS OR LIMITS SURROUNDING them, OR IN-RELATION-TO TWO SIDES.
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
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 ／

    Words

    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

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: