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熬夜 (áo yè): To stay up late or all night (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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熬 • áo • boil; stew • HSK 2.0 L6
HSK 6
áo熬

boil; stew

夜 • yè • night; night-time; evening • HSK 2.0 L5
HSK 5
yè夜

night; night-time; evening

Word Info

Pinyináo yè
Meaningto stay up late or all night
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

HSK 5 Words

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  • 包括bāo kuòinclude
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  • 产生chǎn shēngproduce
  • 池塘chí tángpool; pond
  • 打工dǎ gōngdo manual work
  • 承受chéng shòuto bear; support; to endure; inherit
  • 创造chuàng zàocreate
  • 出示chū shìto show
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 熬夜.

Words with 熬
  • 煎熬jiān áoTorment
  • 熬汤áo tāngsimmer soup
  • 熬粥áo zhōucook porridge slowly
Words with 夜
夜晚
yè wǎn
night
  • 半夜bàn yèmidnight
  • 夜市yè shìnight market
  • 夜间yè jiānnighttime
  • 年夜饭nián yè fànNew Year's Eve family dinner
  • 日夜rì yèday and night
  • 昼夜zhòu yèday and night; round the clock
  • 深夜shēn yèvery late at night
    • 4.

    How to Use 熬夜 in Sentences

    Negative + Verbwith不要
    bú不
    yào要
    áo熬
    yè夜
    neutral
    don't stay up late
    Verb + Complementwith很晚
    áo熬
    yè夜
    dào到
    hěn很
    wǎn晚
    Verb + Objectwith工作
    áo熬
    yè夜
    gōng工
    zuò作
    Adverb + Verbwith经常
    jīng经
    cháng常
    áo熬
    yè夜
    5.

    Example Sentences with 熬夜

    wǒ我
    zuó昨
    wǎn晚
    áo熬
    yè夜
    le了
    neutral
    Spoken
    stay up very late
    neutral
    work overnight
    neutral
    often stay up late
    。
    I stayed up late last night.
    wèi为
    le了
    zhǔn准
    bèi备
    kǎo考
    shì试
    ，
    tā他
    jīng经
    cháng常
    áo熬
    yè夜
    xué学
    xí习
    。
    To prepare for the exam, he often stays up late studying.
    wèi为
    le了
    gǎn赶
    xiàng项
    mù目
    jìn进
    dù度
    ，
    zhěng整
    gè个
    tuán团
    duì队
    bù不
    dé得
    bù不
    lián连
    xù续
    áo熬
    yè夜
    。
    To meet the project deadline, the entire team had to stay up late consecutively.
    nǐ你
    nán难
    dào道
    bù不
    dān担
    xīn心
    cháng长
    qī期
    áo熬
    yè夜
    huì会
    sǔn损
    hài害
    nǐ你
    de的
    jiàn健
    kāng康
    ma吗
    ？
    Aren't you worried that staying up late for a long time will harm your health?
    tā他
    cóng从
    bù不
    áo熬
    yè夜
    ，
    jiān坚
    chí持
    zǎo早
    shuì睡
    zǎo早
    qǐ起
    de的
    shēng生
    huó活
    xí习
    guàn惯
    。
    He never stays up late and adheres to the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.