熬夜

áo yè

HSK level: HSK 5

Meaning

to stay up late or all night

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熬áoto boil, to simmer; to endure pain敖灬夜yènight, dark; under cover of night亠亻夕

Examples

我又熬夜了。

wǒ yòu áo yè le。

I stayed up all night again.

我们习惯熬夜。

wǒ men xí guàn áo yè。

We're used to staying up late.

你最好不要熬夜。

nǐ zuì hǎo bù yào áo yè。

You'd better not stay up late.