熬夜

áo yè

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to stay up late or all night

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 早起 zǎo qǐ 早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early 熬夜 means staying up late, while 早起 means waking up early: to get up early

Related words

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• 睡觉 shuì jiào 睡觉 shuì jiào to go to bed 睡觉 is the general term for sleeping, the opposite activity: to go to bed
• 守夜 shǒu yè 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty 守夜 means keeping watch at night, related to staying awake at night: to be on all-night duty

Synonyms

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• 通宵 tōng xiāo 通宵 tōng xiāo all night 通宵 means to stay up all night, often used for activities like working or partying: all night

Usage notes

Common mistakes

熬夜 is a separable verb: 熬了一次夜 means 'stayed up late once'.

Example Sentences

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我昨天晚上 熬夜 看了比赛。

I stayed up late last night watching the game.

她習慣 熬夜 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 686634)

我習慣 熬夜 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 779459)

熬夜 很傷身體。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1422730)

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Child Words of 熬夜

• 夜 夜 yè: night
• 熬 熬 āo: to boil
• 熬 熬 áo: to cook on a slow fire