巡更

Chinese

		to patrol; to make one's rounds	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
trad. (巡更)		巡	更
simp. ^#(巡更)		巡	更

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ gaang¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sùn-kâng

(Hailu, HRS): sun gang^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song² ga¹ / suong² gann¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-kiⁿ / sûn-keⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúngeng
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-kêng¹
  - Yale: syún-gēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungeng
  - Palladius: сюньгэн (sjunʹgɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon⁴ gaang¹
  - Yale: chèuhn gāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ gaang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ gang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ kaːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn-kâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ gang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sun² gang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹ kaŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sun gang^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ kaŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: song² ga¹ [Phonetic: song⁵ nga¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seóng-gaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: suong² gann¹ [Phonetic: suong⁵ nga¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sûn-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sunkvy
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² kĩ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sûn-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sunkvef
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

巡更

(dated or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min) to do the rounds at night

Synonyms

查夜 (cháyè)
巡夜 (xúnyè)
(Hokkien) 巡暝

References

“巡更”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“巡更”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “巡更”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 510.