Korean word

밤중

Pronunciation

Romanizationpamjung

Meaning

  • nounmiddle of the night

Example

밤중에 전화가 왔어요.pam jung e cheon hwa ga wa sseo yo

I got a call in the middle of the night.

Illustration for 밤중 (middle of the night)

More examples

밤중의 정적이 더 크게 느껴졌어요.pam jung ui cheong jeo gi teo keu ge neu kkyeo jeo sseo yo

The silence in the middle of the night felt even more pronounced.

Core concept

The dark, quiet stretch at the center of the night.

Common phrases

  • 밤중에 깨다pam jung e kkae da

    wake up in the middle of the night

  • 밤중의 정적pam jung ui cheong jeok

    silence in the middle of the night

Similar words

한밤hanbam: The dead of night, when darkness is deepest and the world is quiet.
자정chajeong: The precise point at which one calendar day ends and the next begins.
밤pam: The whole dark part of the day between evening and sunrise.

Definition in Korean

밤의 한가운데를 이르는 말로, 대체로 깊은 밤을 가리킨다.pa mui han ga un de reul i reu neun mal lo tae che ro ki peun pa meul ka ri kin da

Word origin

The word combines a native Korean word meaning night with a Sino-Korean element meaning middle, giving the literal sense of the middle of the night.

Usage tips

  • Unlike English midnight, this word can describe a broader period of deep night rather than only the exact time of 12:00.

Other meanings

  • midnightnoun
  • late at nightnoun

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