彻夜 meaning in English

chèyè

the whole night

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 徹夜15 strokes

Meaning of 彻夜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chèyè
  1. the whole night

彻夜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ弟dì弟di会huì经jīng常cháng彻chè夜yè不bù睡shuì。
My brother will often sit up all night.
他tā昨zuó晚wǎn都dōu在zài工gōng作zuò,彻chè夜yè未wèi眠mián。
He worked last night without taking a break.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

彻 chè · penetrating · 7 strokes

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夜 yè · night · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 彻夜.

半夜bànyèmidnight; in the middle of the night
夜里yèlǐduring the night; at night
彻底chèdǐthorough; thoroughly
夜间yèjiānnighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
黑夜hēiyènight
日夜rìyèday and night; around the clock
开夜车kāi yèchēto burn the midnight oil; to work late into the night
夜晚yèwǎnnight
夜总会yèzǒnghuìnightclub; nightspot
深夜shēnyèvery late at night
夜班yèbānnight shift
熬夜áoyèto stay up late or all night

Questions about 彻夜

What does 彻夜 mean?

彻夜 (chèyè) means "the whole night" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 彻夜?

彻夜 is made of 2 characters: 彻 (7 strokes), 夜 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 彻夜 an HSK word?

Yes. 彻夜 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 彻夜 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 彻夜 is written 徹夜.