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宵

xiāo

HSK 6 Character

What 宵 means

1. night

Example sentences

• 她通宵读书。
  Tā tōngxiāo dú shū.
  She read books all night.
• 他通宵备考。
  He spent all night cramming for the test.
• 元宵节要猜灯谜。
  It is a must to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.
• 通宵玩游戏很伤身体的。
  Playing games all night is very harmful to your health.
• 这儿是他们通常吃宵夜的地方。
  Zhèr shì tāmen tōngcháng chī xiāoyè de dìfang.
  This is where they usually eat supper.
• 全体销售人员通宵达旦地工作了一周。
  Quántǐ xiāoshòu rényuán tōngxiāo-dádàn de gōngzuò le yī zhōu.
  The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.

Words starting with 宵

• 宵夜xiāo yèmidnight snack; late-night snack
• 宵小xiāo xiǎothief; bandit; scoundrel
• 宵征xiāo zhēngnight journey; punitive expedition by night
• 宵禁xiāo jìnnight curfew
• 宵衣旰食xiāo yī gàn shíto dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)…

Words containing 宵

• 元宵节Yuán xiāo jiéLantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of…
• 通宵tōng xiāoall night; throughout the night
• 元宵yuán xiāoLantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜
• 夜宵yè xiāomidnight snack
• 通宵达旦tōng xiāo dá dànovernight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
• 春宵chūn xiāo(literary) spring night; (fig.) wedding night; (fig.) night of sexual bliss
• 连宵lián xiāothe same night; that very night; successive nights
• 待宵草dài xiāo cǎoevening primrose
• 打通宵dǎ tōng xiāoto spend the whole night
• 良宵美景liáng xiāo měi jǐngfine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
• 夜宵儿yè xiāo rerhua variant of 夜宵

Characters built on 肖

These share the phonetic component 肖 (xiào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 宵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赁lìnto rent
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 寅yín3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the…
• 宥yòuto forgive; to help; profound
• 宦huànimperial official; court eunuch

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant