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 (Jyutping): siu¹ je^6-2
• 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/
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 宵夜

1. (literary) night

   十二宵夜  ―  shí'èr xiāoyè  ―  twelve nights

2. midnight snack; late-night meal

Synonyms

• (midnight snack): 夜宵 (yèxiāo)

Derived terms

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