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通宵

tōngxiāo
adverb HSK 7 #8,734

Meanings

  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night

Examples

他通宵写论文。
Tā tōngxiāo xiě lùnwén.
He stayed up all night writing his thesis.
我们通宵打游戏。
Wǒmen tōngxiāo dǎ yóuxì.
We played games all night.

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