宵
xiāo
Pinyin

Definition

宵
 - 
xiāo
  1. night

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
元宵
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also: 元夜 yuán yè
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings
夜宵
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

Idioms (3)

宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. 1 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2 day and night

Sample Sentences

过完除夕，最期待的节日就是正月十五的元宵节啦！
guò wán Chúxī ，zuì qīdài de jiérì jiùshì zhèngyuè shí wǔ de yuánxiāojié la ！
After Chinese New Year's Eve, the festival I most look forward to is Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
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我也是！元宵节那一天，家家户户都闹元宵，赏月，吃汤圆，赏灯，猜灯谜，可有意思了！
wǒ yě shì ！yuánxiāojié nà yī tiān ，jiājiāhùhù dōu nàoyuánxiāo ，shǎng yuè ，chī tāngyuán ，shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，kě yǒu yìsi le ！
Me too! On Lantern Festival, as every family is busy celebrating the festival, gazing at the moon, eating tangyuan, admiring the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns. It's so fun.
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可不是吗？元宵节将除夕开始的春节庆祝活动变得更热闹。过完了元宵节，春节也才算是真正结束。
kěbushì ma ？yuánxiāojié jiāng Chúxī kāishǐ de chūnjié qìngzhùhuódòng biànde gèng rènao 。guò wán le yuánxiāojié ，chūnjié yě cái suàn shì zhēnzhèng jiéshù 。
Isn't it just? Lantern Festival takes the celebration of Spring Festival that starts on Lunar New Year's Eve up a notch. It's only after Lantern Festival that Spring Festival really comes to an end.
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你知道吗？很多人都觉得中国的情人节是“七夕”，因为有牛郎织女的故事。可其实在古代，真正的情人节可是元宵节。
nǐ zhīdào ma ？hěn duō rén dōu juéde Zhōngguó de qíngrénjié shì “qīxī ”，yīnwèi yǒu niúláng zhīnǚ de gùshi 。kě qíshí zài gǔdài ，zhēnzhèng de qíngrénjié kě shì yuánxiāojié 。
Do you know? Many people think that Chinese Valentine's Day is Qixi Festival, because of the story of the cowherd and the weaver girl. But actually in ancient times, the real Valentine's Day was Lantern Festival.
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哈，我想到了，元宵节的时候那么热闹，大家都出来赏灯，写灯联，猜灯谜，有情的男女正可以趁这个机会出来约会呀！
hā ，wǒ xiǎngdào le ，yuánxiāojié de shíhou nàme rènao ，dàjiā dōu chūlái shǎng dēng ，xiě dēnglián ，cāi dēngmí ，yǒu de nánnǚ zhèng kěyǐ chèn zhè ge jīhuì chūlái yuēhuì ya ！
Ha. I know why! Around the time of Lantern Festival it is so bustling and everyone is admiring all the lanterns, writing lantern couplets and guessing the riddles on lanterns. So guys and girls in love could take the opportunity to meet!
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猜对了！就是“胖”字，这么厉害！看来你一定常常在元宵灯会的时候拿到奖品！
cāi duì le ！jiùshì “pàng ”zì ，zhème lìhai ！kànlai nǐ yīdìng chángcháng zài yuánxiāodēnghuì de shíhou ná dào jiǎngpǐn ！
You got it right! It's the character "胖". You're really good at this! You must win a lot of prizes at the lantern displays on Lantern Festival!
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当年精力可真充沛，三更半夜还精神抖擞，通宵一夜第二天还能直接去上课。
dāngnián jīnglì kě zhēn chōngpèi ，sāngēngbànyè huán jīngshéndǒusǒu ，tōngxiāo yìyè dìèrtiān hái néng zhíjiē qù shàngkè 。
At that time, energy levels were very high. In the middle of the night, I was still full of energy and I could go to class the next day.
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我想你昨天吃的宵夜把肚子吃坏了。
wǒ xiǎng nǐ zuótiān chī de xiāoyè bǎ dùzi chī huài le 。
I think the mid-night snack you ate caused your stomach pain.
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昨天半夜我和朋友出去吃宵夜，我吃了一碗牛肉面，我们还点了一些小菜，喝了一些啤酒。
zuótiān bànyè wǒ hé péngyou chūqù chī xiāoyè ，wǒ chī le yī wǎn niúròumiàn ，wǒmen hái diǎn le yīxiē xiǎocài ，hē le yīxiē píjiǔ 。
Last night at midnight, I went out to eat a snack with friends, I ate a bowl of beef noodles. We also ordered some side dishes and drank some beer.
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有六个传统节日。春节，春节是农历正月初一，元宵节，元宵节是农历正月十五，清明节，清明节是四月五日,端午节，端午节是农历五月初五，中秋节，中秋节是农历八月十五，重阳节,重阳节是农历九月初九。
yǒu liù ge chuántǒng jiérì 。Chūnjié ，Chūnjié shì nónglì zhēngyuèchūyī ，Yuánxiāojié ，Yuánxiāojié shì nónglì zhēngyuèshíwǔ ，Qīngmíngjié ，Qīngmíngjié shì Sìyuè wǔ rì ,Duānwǔjié ，Duānwǔjié shì nónglì Wǔyuè chūwǔ ，Zhōngqiūjié ，Zhōngqiūjié shì nónglì Bāyuè shíwǔ ，Chóngyángjié ,Chóngyángjié shì nónglì jiǔ yuèchū jiǔ 。
There are six traditional festivals. The Spring Festival is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Ching Ming Festival is April 5th. The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. The Double Ninth Festival is the 9th day of the ninth lunar month.
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