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Meaning of 宵

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Pinyin: xiāo
English Definition: night
Chinese Definition:
①夜:通宵达旦。春宵。宵夜。宵禁。宵衣旰食(天不亮就起来,天黑了才吃饭,形容勤于政务)。宵遁。元宵。夜宵。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (roof) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [gàimian2] roof; house
    • [ xiào ] to resemble, to look like; to be like
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Example Words
通宵 tōng xiāo all night; throughout the night
元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜 ; sticky rice dumplings
元宵节 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节 , on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
通宵达旦 tōng xiāo dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew
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Example Sentences
1
They intended to feast the night away.
2
My elders often have a slice of bread as a midnight snack after dinner.