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The Chinese character 宵 (xiāo) means night or evening, often with a formal, poetic, or festive nuance. It is a phono-semantic compound: the roof radical 宀 (mián) at the top provides the semantic category of shelter or being indoors after dark, while the lower component 肖 (xiào) contributes solely the phonetic sound, unrelated to its independent meaning of "resemblance". This character appears frequently in cultural and temporal contexts, such as the names of traditional evening festivals, classical poetry depicting midnight scenes, and compounds for late-night snacks or deep-night hours.
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我们喜欢吃宵夜。
元宵节是传统节日。
他通宵学习很辛苦。
宵禁是为了安全。
春宵夜晚特别美丽。
宵夜摊位很受欢迎。
在元宵节那天，我们全家团聚。
尽管政府发布了宵禁，但一些人仍然外出。