宵 (siu1 | xiao1) : night

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宵

siu1

xiao1

night; evening; dark

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

宵

Don't confuse with:
霄

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Sep 2010 12:02

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宵夜 siu1 je6*2 xiao1 ye4 = night-time snack 粵

通宵 tung1 siu1 tong1 xiao1 = overnight

元宵 jyun4 siu1 yuan2 xiao1 = sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour; the Lantern Festival

年宵花市 nin4 siu1 faa1 si5 = Lunar New Year flower market

夜宵 je6 siu1 ye4 xiao1 = night-time snack 國

元宵節 jyun4 siu1 zit3 yuan2 xiao1 jie2 = the Lantern Festival, January 15 on the lunar calendar

通宵達旦 tung1 siu1 daat6 daan3 tong1 xiao1 da2 dan4 = stay up the entire night

宵禁 siu1 gam3 xiao1 jin4 = curfew

深宵 sam1 siu1 shen1 xiao1 = late night

年宵市場 nin4 siu1 si5 coeng4 nian2 xiao1 shi4 chang2 = Lunar New Year Fair

行年宵 haang4 nin4 siu1 = visiting the Lunar New Year Fair; walk the year night 粵

邰正宵 toi4 zing3 siu1 tai2 zheng4 xiao1 = Samuel Toi (a.k.a., Samuel Tai)

Showing 1 example containing 宵

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 宵
Unicode code for this character: U+5bb5 (off-site link)

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