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通宵

通宵 (tōng xiāo): All night (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

通宵 consists of 2 characters.

to pass through; to connect; to be open

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Pinyintōng xiāo

MeaningAll night

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word通宵

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3.

How to Use 通宵 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 通宵 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith营业

tōng通

xiāo宵

yíng营

yè业

neutral

open 24 hours

Verb + Object

tōng通

xiāo宵

gōng工

zuò作

neutral

work all night

Idiomwith达旦

tōng通

xiāo宵

dá达

dàn旦

4.

Example Sentences with 通宵

tā他

zuó昨

wǎn晚

tōng通

xiāo宵

méi没

shuì睡

áo熬

tōng通

xiāo宵

informalSpoken

stay up all night

formal

Written

all night long

。

He stayed up all night last night.

wèi为

le了

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

fèn份

jǐn紧

jí急

bào报

gào告

，

tā他

jué决

dìng定

tōng通

xiāo宵

gōng工

zuò作

。

In order to finish this urgent report, he decided to work all night.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

yòu又

dǎ打

suàn算

tōng通

xiāo宵

dǎ打

yóu游

xì戏

，

bú不

gù顾

jiàn健

kāng康

le了

ma吗

？

Are you really planning to stay up all night playing games again, ignoring your health?

wèi为

le了

zhǔn准

bèi备

kǎo考

shì试

，

wǒ我

tōng通

xiāo宵

fù复

xí习

gōng功

kè课

。

In order to prepare for the exam, I stayed up all night reviewing my lessons.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

pài派

duì对

hěn很

jīng精

cǎi彩

，

dàn但

wǒ我

cóng从

bù不

xuǎn选

zé择

tōng通

xiāo宵

kuáng狂

huān欢

。

Although the party was fantastic, I never choose to revel all night.

wèi为

le了

tiáo调

shì试

zhè这

ge个

fù复

zá杂

de的

chéng程

xù序

，

gōng工

chéng程

shī师

men们

yǐ已

jīng经

tōng通

xiāo宵

liǎng两

tiān天

le了

。

In order to debug this complex program, the engineers have been working all night for two days.

gōng公

sī司

xiàng项

mù目

jié截

zhǐ止

rì日

qī期

kuài快

dào到

le了

，

tuán团

duì队

bù不

dé得

bù不

tōng通

xiāo宵

jiā加

bān班

gǎn赶

jìn进

dù度

。

The company project deadline is approaching, so the team had to work all night to catch up on the progress.

míng明

tiān天

jiù就

yào要

jiāo交

lùn论

wén文

le了

，

kàn看

lái来

jīn今

wǎn晚

wǒ我

dé得

tōng通

xiāo宵

gǎn赶

gǎo稿

。

The thesis is due tomorrow, so it looks like I'll have to stay up all night to finish the draft.