宵夜

Chinese

		night	night
trad. (宵夜)		宵	夜
simp. #(宵夜)		宵	夜
alternative forms		消夜 “late-night meal”
anagram		夜宵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu¹ je^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau¹ yie^5-4*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-ya
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoyè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: syāu-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauyeh
    • Palladius: сяое (sjaoje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ je^6-2
    • Yale: sīu yé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ je^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ yé^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ jɛː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhiau¹ yie^5-4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau³³ jiɛ³²⁻²¹⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-iā
    • Tâi-lô: siau-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'ia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ ia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/

Noun

宵夜

1. midnight snack; late-night meal
2. (literary) night

   十二宵夜  ―  shí'èr xiāoyè  ―  twelve nights

Synonyms

• (midnight snack):

Dialectal synonyms of 夜宵 (“late-night snack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		消夜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜宵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	夜宵兒
	Taiwan	宵夜
	Harbin	夜飯, 夜宵兒
	Singapore	宵夜
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	夜宵兒
	Cangzhou	夜宵兒
	Baoding	夜宵兒
	Shijiazhuang	夜飯
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	宵夜
	Daming	夜飯
	Xi'an	夜飯
	Xining	夜飯
	Xuzhou	夜宵
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	夜飯
	Lanzhou	夜晌午
	Ürümqi	夜宵
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夜宵
	Wuhan	宵夜
	Guiyang	宵夜
	Kunming	宵夜
	Guilin	宵夜
	Lipu	宵夜
	Liuzhou	宵夜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	夜點
Cantonese	Guangzhou	宵夜
	Hong Kong	宵夜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	宵夜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	宵夜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	宵夜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	宵夜
	Macau	宵夜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	宵夜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	宵夜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	宵夜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	宵夜
	Foshan	宵夜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	宵夜
	Foshan (Shunde)	宵夜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	宵夜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	宵夜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	宵夜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	宵夜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	宵夜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	宵夜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	宵夜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	宵夜
	Taishan	宵夜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	宵夜
	Enping (Niujiang)	宵夜
	Heshan (Yayao)	宵夜
	Dongguan	宵夜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	宵夜
	Beihai	宵夜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	宵夜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	宵晚
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	宵晚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	宵夜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	宵夜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	宵夜
	Móng Cái	宵夜
Gan	Nanchang	夜點
	Lichuan	夜宵
	Pingxiang	宵夜
Hakka	Meixian	夜點, 夜宵
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	宵夜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	宵夜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	宵夜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	宵夜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	宵夜
	Yudu	夜點
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	宵夜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	宵夜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	宵夜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	宵夜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	宵夜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	宵夜
	Hong Kong	宵夜
	Senai (Huiyang)	宵夜
Jin	Zhangjiakou	夜宵
	Handan	夜飯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	半暝頓
Southern Min	Tainan	宵夜
	Chaozhou	暝宵
	Shantou	暝糜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	暝糜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	暝宵
	Jieyang	暝糜, 宵暝
	Haifeng	宵暝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	宵暝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	暝宵
	Leizhou	暝宵
	Haikou	宵暝, 宵餐
	Qionghai	暝餐
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	宵夜
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	宵夜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	宵夜
Wu	Shanghai	半夜飯, 宵夜, 夜宵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	半夜飯
	Suzhou	夜點心, 半夜點心
	Danyang	半夜飯
	Hangzhou	夜宵
	Ningbo	夜點心, 半夜餐
	Wenzhou	夜廚
	Jinhua	半夜餐
Xiang	Changsha	夜宵

• (night): 夜間／夜间 (yèjiān)

Derived terms

• 宵夜文 (xiāoyèwén)