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xiāo

Meanings

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xiāo
  1. 1.night

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.night; evening
  2. 2.synonym of 小 (xiǎo, “small”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sew): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

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Components

宵宀肖

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Synonyms

夜夕暮暮夜暝晚上夜間晚間夜晚黑間黑家黑下晚半晌兒後晌黑嘍下黑兒下晚兒黑夜裡下晚兒晚晌兒後晌兒黑後晌兒黑晌兒後上黑夜黑日下黑光晌黑兒黑子兒黑地

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Derived terms

中宵元宵元宵節元宵节宵人宵分宵夜宵小宵征宵旰宵旰圖治宵旰图治宵旰憂勞宵旰忧劳宵旰焦勞宵旰焦劳宵柝宵禁宵行宵衣宵衣旰食宵錦宵锦宵類宵类搖元宵摇元宵旰食宵衣昃食宵衣春宵

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Related words

通宵 all night宵征 night journey宵禁 night curfew宵夜 midnight snack宵小 thief连宵 the same night春宵 (literary) spring night夜宵 midnight snack元宵 Lantern Festival元宵节 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar打通宵 to spend the whole night夜宵儿 erhua variant of 夜宵[yè xiāo]