夜分

Chinese

		night	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (夜分)		夜	分
simp. #(夜分)		夜	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèfen
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-fên¹
    • Yale: yè-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehfen
    • Palladius: ефэнь (jefɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ fən⁵⁵/

Noun

夜分

1. (literary) midnight

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	分
や Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やぶん [yáꜜbùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

夜(や)分(ぶん) • (yabun) 

1. nighttime

   夜分(やぶん)遅(おそ)くに申(もう)し訳(わけ)ございません。

   Yabun osoku ni mōshiwake gozaimasen.

   I'm sorry to bother you so late at night.

Further reading

• “夜分”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026