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熬夜

to stay up late

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ao2ye4 • áoyè

Meaning

Primary

to stay up late

Alternatives

stay up late, stayed up late, staying up late, stays up late, to stay up all night, stay up all night

Mnemonic

熬夜 To stay up late is to stay up most of the 夜 night so that you can do things that take extra time like 熬 stewing some food.

Usage

他 昨天 熬夜 读书。

He stayed up late studying last night.

熬夜 对 身体 不好。

Staying up late is bad for your health.

我 熬夜 看 电影。

I stayed up late watching a movie.