通宵

tōng xiāo

HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

1. all night
2. throughout the night

Words Containing 通宵

• 打通宵 dǎ tōng xiāo: to spend the whole night
• 通宵达旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn: overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long

Child Words of 通宵

• 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 宵 xiāo: night