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三更
sān​gēng

third night watch

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
三更 sān​gēng
third night watch
The third of the five traditional night watches, around midnight (specifically 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.)

Frequency

Written text
1.20 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 五更 wǔ​gēng

Same as

  • 三鼓 sān​gǔ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)