xiāo

  1. xiāo noun night; evening; dark
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 夜 (CC-CEDICT '宵'; Guoyu '宵' n; Kroll 2015 '宵' 1, p. 500; Unihan '宵'; XHZD '宵' 1, p. 823)
  2. xiāo adjective small
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 小 (Guoyu '宵' adj; Kroll 2015 '宵' 2, p. 500)
  3. xiāo noun night; rātri
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: rātri, Japanese: shou (BCSD '宵', p. 381; MW 'rātri'; Unihan '宵')

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