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宵 xiāo

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宵 xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
night
night, evening, darkness

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About 宵 xiāo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

宵 xiāo

Contains the radical

宀 gài

Part of speech

Time morpheme / 时语素 Shí yǔsù

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Etymology of 宵 xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱宀肖

Semantic compound

宀 gài

Phonetic compound

肖 Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 gài represents the meaning and 肖 Xiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 宵 xiāo

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我 wǒ 一向 yīxiàng 喜欢 xǐhuan 与 yú 家人 jiā rén 共度冬 dōng 宵 xiāo .

I always enjoy winter evenings spent en famille.

他 tā 心里 xīn li 含蓄 hán xù 着 zhāo 春 chūn 宵 xiāo 的 de 情 qíng 味 wèi , 而 ér 什么 shénme 都 dōu 不 bù 管 guǎn .

The freshness of spring evenings was in him, and he did not care.

他 tā 通宵 tōng xiāo 埋头苦干 mái tóu kǔ gàn 以便 yǐbiàn 做 zuò 完 wán 专题 zhuāntí 研究 yánjiū .

He plodded away all night at his project to get it finished.

地方 dìfāng 当局 dāng jú 说 shuì 宵禁 xiāo jìn 是 shì 一种 yī zhǒng 预防措施 yù fáng cuò shī 。

The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.

Words with 宵 xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
通宵 tōng xiāo all night通宵 tōng xiāo
宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew宵禁 xiāo jìn
宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack宵夜 xiāo yè
宵 xiāo night宵 xiāo
夜宵 yè xiāo midnight snack夜宵 yè xiāo
元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival元宵 yuán xiāo
元宵节 Yuánxiāojié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节 Chūn jié , on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar元宵節
通宵达旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn day and night通宵達旦
打通宵 dǎ tōng xiāo to spend the whole night打通宵 dǎ tōng xiāo
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí diligently attending to official matters宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng

宵 xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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宵 xiāo Decomposition

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