通宵

tōng xiāo · tong xiao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. all night
  2. throughout the night

In a sentence

2 examples
01

通(tōng)宵(xiāo)玩(wán)游(yóu)戏(xì)很(hěn)伤(shāng)身(shēn)体(tǐ)的(de)。

Playing games all night is very harmful to your health.

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

02

为(wèi)了(le)完(wán)成(chéng)报(bào)告(gào),他(tā)通(tōng)宵(xiāo)没(méi)睡(shuì)。

In order to finish the report, he stayed up all night without sleeping.

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