how to say" 吃宵夜" in egnlish? "having night food?"

Kathy,it's better not to have a midnight snack.

Lynn, however, sometimes taking late night refreshment with your bf is kinda romantic.

Dear glot,
I'm afraid of getting fat.

Hi all,
I think 'supper' is more straight forward. Recalling the famous 'the last supper' by lenardo da vinci. :)


Main Entry: sup·per
Pronunciation: 's&-p&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French souper, from souper to sup -- more at SUP
1 a : the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday b : a social affair featuring a supper; especially : an evening social especially for raising funds <a church supper>
2 : the food served as a supper <eat your supper>
3 : a light meal served late in the evening

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Yeah..i also use "supper" too. However, I realised that many people use "supper" for dinner as well. Thus, there may be some confusions here and there.

Hello:
I found the usage of dinner,supper and lunch from langman.
If dinner is at midday,the evening meal is usually called tea or(especially later in the evening)supper. If dinner is in the evening, the midday meal is usually called lunch.
haha ,i think snack is better to traslate into "宵夜”.

thk yunqing and felix for the info regarding supper as an alternative word to dinner. i should have known it as 'the last supper was translated to 最后的晚餐。

宵夜 is a supplementary meal so should fall under the subset of snack.:)

In modern English, both supper and dinner are the same, but the former is more often used in UK while the latter in America.