宵 xiāo
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xiāo
noun
night; evening; dark
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 夜 (CC-CEDICT '宵'; Guoyu '宵' n; Kroll 2015 '宵' 1, p. 500; Unihan '宵'; XHZD '宵' 1, p. 823) -
xiāo
adjective
small
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 小 (Guoyu '宵' adj; Kroll 2015 '宵' 2, p. 500)
Contained in
- 良宵美景 fine evening, beautiful scenery
- 元宵节(元宵節) Lantern Festival
- 宵夜 midnight snack; late-night snack
- 宵征 night journey
- 元宵 Lantern Festival ; sticky rice dumplings
- 通宵 all night; throughout the night
- 通宵达旦(通宵達旦) throughout the night until dawn
- 夜宵儿(夜宵兒) midnight snack
- 夜宵 midnight snack
- 宵衣旰食 to dress before light and not eat before dark; diligently attending to official matters
- 春宵 a spring night
- 宵旰焦劳(宵旰焦勞) weary toil all day
- 良宵 a beautiful night
- 打通宵 to spend the whole night
- 待宵草 evening primrose
- 宵禁 night curfew
- 连宵(連宵) the same night; that very night; successive nights
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百六十一 列傳第四十八: 楊大淵 劉整 Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 5
- 卷十七下 本紀第十七下: 文宗下 Volume 17 Annals 17: Wenzong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5
- 卷七十四 列傳第三十四 臧質 魯爽 沈攸之 Volume 74 Biographies 34: Zang Zhi, Lu Shuang, Shen Youzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 4
- 卷二十三 魏二 Chapter 23: Wei II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 4
- 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷十九上 本紀第十九上: 懿宗 Volume 19 Annals 19: Yizong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 4
Collocations
- 宵遁 (宵遁) 乃宵遁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 13
- 夙宵 (夙宵) 夙宵戰怖 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan — count: 5
- 师宵 (師宵) 我以銳師宵加於鄖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
- 宵寐 (宵寐) 精誠發於宵寐 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 5
- 甘露宵 (甘露宵) 甘露宵降 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十五 張曹鄭列傳 Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng — count: 4
- 迩宵 (邇宵) 毋邇宵人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《三王世家》 House of the Three Kings — count: 4
- 宵人 (宵人) 毋邇宵人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《三王世家》 House of the Three Kings — count: 4
- 宵行 (宵行) 熠燿宵行 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧東山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Dong Shan — count: 4
- 宵溃 (宵潰) 鬱人宵潰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
- 宵衣 (宵衣) 姆纚笄宵衣 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 3