通宵

tōngxiāo

adverb HSK 7-9 #8,734

Meanings

1 all night
2 throughout the night

Characters

through; throughout

Examples

HSK 3

我们通宵打游戏。

Wǒmen tōngxiāo dǎyóuxì.

We played games all night.

HSK 5

他通宵写论文。

Tā tōngxiāo xiě lùnwén.

He stayed up all night writing his thesis.

Tips

memory

通 (through) + 宵 (night) = through the entire night.

usage

通宵达旦 is a more literary way to say all night until dawn. 熬夜 means to stay up late but not necessarily all night.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

宵 xiāo