熬夜

áo yè · ao ye

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to stay up late or all night

In a sentence

2 examples
01

早(zǎo)上(shang),我(wǒ)十(shí)分(fēn)后(hòu)悔(huǐ)昨(zuó)天(tiān)熬(áo)夜(yè)到(dào)那(nà)么(me)晚(wǎn)。

I thoroughly regretted staying up so late, come morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by beaushiny · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)养(yǎng)成(chéng)了(le)熬(áo)夜(yè)的(de)习(xí)惯(guàn)。

He formed a habit of staying up late.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gonnastop · English by DeepDarkSea12 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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