# 宵

| 宵 | U+5BB5, &#23477; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB5 |
| ← 宴 [U+5BB4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 家 → [U+5BB6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

宵 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十火月 (JFB), four-corner 3022$_7$, composition ⿱宀肖)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7168
* Dae Jaweon: page 566, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 932, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5BB5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宵 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sew): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sêu
    (Hailu, HRS): siau$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siou$^1$ / siao$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shiau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$
*** Yale: sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: siau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /siau⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
*** Tâi-lô: siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siou$^1$ / siao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou / siau
*** Sinological IPA : /siou³³/, /siau³³/
* siou1 - Chaozhou;
* siao1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
* Middle Chinese: sjew
Rime :
| Character | 宵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相邀切 |
| Baxter | sjew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ew/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sew/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 宵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjew › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ew/ |
| English | night, evening |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 宵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13740 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宵 |
| Old Chinese | /*sew/ |

#### Definitions

宵
* (literary) night; evening
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zhòu ěr yú máo, xiāo ěr suǒ táo. [Pinyin]
    In the day time collect the grass, and at night twist it into ropes.
    From: 《雨霖鈴》 - 柳永 （宋朝)
    Hán chán qī qiè. Duì cháng tíng wǎn, zhòu yǔ chū xiē. Dōumén zhàng yǐn wú xù, liúliàn chù, lán zhōu cuī fā. Zhíshǒu xiàng kàn lèiyǎn, jìng wúyǔ níngyē. Niàn qù qù, qiānlǐ yān bō, mù ǎi chén chén chǔ tiān kuò. Duōqíng zìgǔ shāng líbié, gèng nà kān, lěngluò qīng qiū jié. Jīnxiāo jiǔ xǐng héchù? Yángliǔ àn, xiǎo fēng cányuè. Cǐ qù jīng nián, yìng shì liángchén hǎo jǐng xūshè. Biàn zòng yǒu, qiān zhǒng fēngqíng, gèng yǔ hérén shuō? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (archaic) Synonym of 小 (xiǎo, “small”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夜, 夕, 暮, 暮夜, 宵, 暝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 晚上, 夜間, 晚間, 夜晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚上, 黑間, 黑家, 黑下, 晚半晌兒, 後晌 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 黑嘍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晚上, 下黑兒, 下晚兒黑, 黑家, 黑下, 夜裡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 下晚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 晚上, 晚半晌兒, 晚晌兒, 後晌兒, 黑後晌兒, 黑晌兒, 黑下 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 晚上, 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 晚上, 黑下 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 晚上, 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 後晌, 晚上, 夜裡, 黑夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 光晌黑兒, 黑子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 後上 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 下晚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 下晚兒, 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 後上 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 後上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 黑地 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 黑瞎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黑間, 黑家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 黑嘍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 黑咧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 晚夕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黑來, 晚黑, 夜來 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 晚夕, 晚上 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 晚夕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黑裡, 晚上, 晚夕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黑了, 晚上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 晚上, 晚黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 晚上, 黑了, 夜晚, 夜晚心, 夜心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 晚些家, 晚些, 晚上家, 晚上, 下晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 晚辰, 晚起, 晚辰家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 晚上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晚夜, 夜晚, 晚上, 夜裡, 夜晚頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 夜晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 夜, 黑了 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 晚上, 夜裡頭, 夜裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 夜頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭, 晚頭夜, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭 rare, 晚頭夜 rare, 晚頭黑 rare |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 入夜, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 夜晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 夜晚, 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 晚頭黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑, 黑晚, 夜黑, 晚頭, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 晚上 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 黑晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 晚頭黑, 晚頭, 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 夜晚, 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 夜晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 夜, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晚黑, 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 晚黑, 晚間黑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 晚間 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 夜墨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 斷暗, 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 夜晚, 晚黑, 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 夜裡頭 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 夜裡頭 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 晚頭, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 黑, 晚黑頭, 晚間頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 晚黑, 晚間頭 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 晚上 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 到夜 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 烏昏 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 晚頭, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 夜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夜晚, 夜裡 |
| Gan | Pengze | 夜裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 夜上 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 夜晡仔, 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 暗晡頭, 暗晡夜, 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 暗晡, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 黑晚 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 晚晨夜, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 暗晡夜, 晚晨夜 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 夜晡晨, 晚晨夜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 夜晡晨 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 夜晚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 暗晡, 暗晡夜, 夜晡晨, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 暗矕 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 夜晡夜, 夜子頭 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 暗晡頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 夜晡時, 暗夜仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 暗晡時頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 夜晡, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 暗邊, 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 夜頭, 夜邊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 夜晡晨 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 夜辰 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 夜芒 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡時節, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 夜時頭, 暗夜時頭, 暗夜, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 暗晡頭, 晚晨頭, 夜晚晨 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 晚間 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 晚間 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 晚間頭 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 暗今頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 暗摸頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 晏晡頭 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 暗夜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 夜晡間 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 夜晡間 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 夜摸 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 到夜 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 夜晡, 夜晡頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 暗晡晨, 暗晚夜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 夜晡晨, 暗晡晨 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 暗晡時, 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 夜晡時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 夜下, 夜上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑夜, 黑咾 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 黑夜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑夜, 黑勞 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 晚上, 黑夜 |
| Jin | Handan | 晚上, 黑來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 暗暝, 暗暝頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 暝暗, 暝暗頭 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 暗暝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 暝晡, 暝晡頭, 兩晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 兩晡頭, 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 暝晡, 脖頭 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 暝晡頭, 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 暝間 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 暝過頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 暝晡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗暝, 暗時, 下昏, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暗頭時, 暝時, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 暝時, 下昏, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 暝時, 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 暗暝, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 暗暝, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下昏, 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝昏暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 暝間 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 暝間, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 暝時, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 下昏, 下昏時, 暝昏時 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 暝昏時, 暝間 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 下昏, 下昏暗時, 暗時, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 下昏暗, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 下昏暗, 暗時, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 暗時, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 下昏, 下昏暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 下暗 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 暗時, 下昏暗時 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 暗時, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 暝時, 下昏, 此暝昏, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗暝, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 暗頭, 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 暗昏時, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 暗時, 暗昏時, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 夜裡, 暗昏時 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 月昏, 月昏時, 遘昏 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 暝旰, 暝暗, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 暝旰, 暝暗, 暝暗頭, 暝昏囝, 暝昏時, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 暝暗, 暝暗頭, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 暝旰, 暝暗頭, 暝昏時, 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 暝昏, 暝時, 暝昏時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 暝昏囝, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 暝昏, 暝頭, 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 暝頭, 暗上 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 暝頭, 暝昏, 暝暗 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 暝頭, 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 暝頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暝昏, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 暝時, 暝昏頭, 暝頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 暝頭, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 暝頭, 暝頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 暝昏頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 暝昏 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 暝昏 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 暝昏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 麻昏, 暝昏, 暝頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 夜裡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 夜裡頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Hengzhou (Baihe) | 夜 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 夜下 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 夜來, 夜晚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 夜晡時頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 夜時 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 夜時 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 暗晡時 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 暗 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 暗晡夜 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 暗晡時 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 黑頭, 夜裡 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 夜了, 黑了 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜到頭, 夜到, 黃昏戌時 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 夜頭, 夜裡向 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 夜裡, 夜頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 夜裡向, 夜頭, 夜來 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 夜裡, 夜裡向, 夜頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 夜頭 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 夜勒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 夜頭, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 夜到, 夜到頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜裡頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 夜到, 夜裡向, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 夜到, 夜到頭, 夜頭, 夜到晚頭, 夜到末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黃昏, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 夜裡, 夜頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜間子, 夜裡 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 夜界, 夜裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 夜裡, 夜唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 夜巴 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 夜黑 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 黑裡咯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 夜下 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 夜晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 夜晚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 暗晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 夜下 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 暗晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 晏晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 夜晡頭 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 夜晡前 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 半夜裡 |

#### Compounds

* 中宵
* 元宵 (yuánxiāo)
* 元宵節 / 元宵节 (yuánxiāojié)
* 宵人 (xiāorén)
* 宵分
* 宵夜 (xiāoyè)
* 宵小 (xiāoxiǎo)
* 宵征
* 宵旰
* 宵旰圖治 / 宵旰图治
* 宵旰憂勞 / 宵旰忧劳 (xiāo gàn yōu láo)
* 宵旰焦勞 / 宵旰焦劳
* 宵柝
* 宵禁 (xiāojìn)
* 宵行
* 宵衣
* 宵衣旰食 (xiāoyīgànshí)
* 宵錦 / 宵锦
* 宵類 / 宵类
* 搖元宵 / 摇元宵
* 旰食宵衣
* 昃食宵衣
* 春宵
* 春宵苦短
* 深宵
* 燈宵 / 灯宵
* 良宵 (liángxiāo)
* 良宵美景
* 通宵 (tōngxiāo)
* 通宵達旦 / 通宵达旦 (tōngxiāodádàn)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiào (xiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siào
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^4$
*** Yale: syàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

宵
* Alternative form of 肖 (“to resemble”)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 宵 |
| Kyūjitai | 宵󠄁 宵+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 宵󠄃 宵+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kun: よい (yoi, 宵, Jōyō)、よる (yoru, 宵)、よ (yo, 宵)

#### Compounds

* 宵(しょう)衣(い)旰(かん)食(しょく) (shōikanshoku)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 宵
* よい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
⟨yo$_2$pi$_1$⟩ → */jəpʲi/ → /joɸi/ → /jowi/ → /joi/
From Old Japanese.
Appears to be derived from a compound, the initial yo is likely from a y- stem cognate with 夕 (yū, “evening”), while the final i is likely from 日 (hi, “day”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よい [yòí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [jo̞i]

#### Noun

宵(よい) • (yoi)
* the hours after sunset until midnight, collectively: dusk, evening, and night
    Synonyms: 初夜 (shoya), 夜間 (yakan), 夜 (yo, yoru)
* the eve of an event, especially of a festival

##### Derived terms

* 宵(よい)宵(よい) (yoiyoi)
* 宵(よい)暁(あかつき) (yoiakatsuki)
* 宵(よい)居(い) (yoī)
* 宵(よい)戎(えびす) (yoiebisu)
* 宵(よい)越(ご)し (yoigoshi)
* 宵(よい)庚(こう)申(しん) (yoikōshin)
* 宵(よい)込(ご)め (yoigome)
* 宵(よい)皐月(ざつき) (yoizatsuki)
* 宵(よい)涼(すず)み (yoisuzumi)
* 宵(よい)節(ぜっ)供(く) (yoizekku)
* 宵(よい)立(だ)ち (yoidachi)
* 宵(よい)月(づき) (yoizuki)
* 宵(よい)月(づき)夜(よ) (yoizukiyo)
* 宵(よい)鳴(な)き (yoinaki)
* 宵(よい)覗(のぞ)き (yoinozoki)
* 宵(よい)の年(とし) (yoi no toshi)
* 宵(よい)の春(はる) (yoi no haru)
* 宵(よい)の間(ま) (yoi no ma)
* 宵(よい)の明(みょう)星(じょう) (yoi no myōjō)
* 宵(よい)は待(ま)ち (Yoi wa Machi)
* 宵(よい)っ張(ぱ)り (yoippari)
* 宵(よい)番(ばん) (yoiban)
* 宵(よい)待(ま)ち (yoimachi)
* 宵(よい)惑(まど)い (yoimadoi)
* 宵(よい)闇(やみ) (yoiyami)
* 宵(よい)の内(うち) (yoi no uchi)
* 宵(よい)の口(くち) (yoi no kuchi)
* 今宵(こよい) (koyoi)
* 待(まつ)宵(よい) (matsuyoi)

##### Proverbs

* 朝(あさ)題(だい)目(もく)に宵(よい)念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (asa daimoku ni yoi nenbutsu)
* 旨(うま)い物(もの)は宵(よい)に食(く)え (umai mono wa yoi ni kue)
* 名(な)のない星(ほし)は宵(よい)から出(で)る (na no nai hoshi wa yoi kara deru)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 宵
* しょう Grade: S
* on'yomi
/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 宵 (MC sjew).

#### Affix

宵(しょう) • (shō)
* night
* time after sunset until midnight

##### Derived terms

* 一(いっ)宵(しょう) (isshō)
* 昨(さく)宵(しょう) (sakushō)
* 秋(しゅう)宵(しょう) (shūshō)
* 終(しゅう)宵(しょう) (shūshō)
* 春(しゅん)宵(しょう) (shunshō)
* 清(せい)宵(しょう) (seishō)
* 中(ちゅう)宵(しょう) (chūshō)
* 徹(てっ)宵(しょう) (tesshō)
* 半(はん)宵(しょう) (hanshō)
* 良(りょう)宵(しょう) (ryōshō)

### References

* ↑ “宵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 宵 (MC sjew). Recorded as Middle Korean 쇼 (sywo) (Yale: syo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 宵 (eumhun 밤 소 (bam so))
* hanja form of 소 (“night”)

#### Compounds

* 소경 (宵鏡, sogyeong)
* 소인 (宵人, soin)
* 소행 (宵行, sohaeng)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

Appears to be derived from a compound, the initial yo$_2$ is likely from a y- stem cognate with 夕 (yupu, “evening”), while the final pi$_1$ is likely from 日 (pi$_1$, “day”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Noun

宵 (yo$_2$pi$_1$) (kana よひ)
* the hours after sunset until midnight, collectively: dusk, evening, and night

#### Coordinate terms

* 夕へ (yupupe$_1$, “twilight”)
* 夜中 (yo$_1$naka, “midnight”)
* 曉 (akato$_2$ki$_1$, “dawn”)
* 朝 (asita, “next morning”)

#### Derived terms

* 宵宵 (yo$_2$pi$_1$yo$_2$pi$_1$)
* 朝宵 (asayo$_2$pi$_1$)
* 七日の宵 (nanuka no$_2$ yo$_2$pi$_1$)
* 今宵 (ko$_2$yo$_2$pi$_1$)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 宵 (yoi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

宵: Hán Nôm readings: tiêu
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