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宵
xiāo
1. night
Uncommon • Top 96% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

宵
xiāo
night, evening, darkness
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (13)

元宵
yuánxiāo
Lantern Festival
夜宵
yèxiāo
midnight snack
宵夜
xiāoyè
midnight snack
宵征
xiāozhēng
night journey
宵禁
xiāojìn
night curfew
通宵
tōngxiāo
overnight
连宵
liánxiāo
the same night
元宵节
Yuánxiāojié
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival [[春節|春节]], on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 6
夜宵儿
yèxiāor
erhua variant of [[夜宵<yèxiāo>]]
待宵草
dàixiāocǎo
evening primrose
打通宵
dǎtōngxiāo
to spend the whole night
良宵美景
liángxiāoměijǐng
fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
通宵达旦
tōngxiāodádàn
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,130
Word Frequency Rank
81,254 of 84,292

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