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Siu yeh

A snack shop in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong selling snacks for siu yeh

Traditional Chinese

宵夜

Simplified Chinese

宵夜

Literal meaning

宵 - overnight
夜 - night

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	xiāo yè
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	sīu yé
Jyutping	siu1 je2

Siu yeh (Chinese: 宵夜 / 消夜; pinyin: Xiāoyè), also known as yexiao (夜宵; pinyin: yèxiāo), is a late night meal in the food culture of Southern China, it is particularly associated with the cuisine of Hong Kong. It comes after dinner, and is similar to supper. Mealtime may start from about 9pm onwards until 4am, which would be early morning yum cha time. It can range anywhere from a snack to a full-fledged meal. For people working late night shifts, siu yeh is also associated with their post-midnight meals.^[1] The first usage of the term "xiao ye" appeared during the Tang Dynasty.^[2]

References[]

^ Treleaven, Sarah. "Hong Kong's secret night meal". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ "Xiaoye (xiāo yè)". Ministry of Education of the Republic of China.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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