通宵 meaning in English

tōngxiāo

all night; throughout the night

HSK 7-9noun20 strokes

Meaning of 通宵

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tōngxiāo
  1. all night
  2. throughout the night

通宵 in example sentences

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

她tā通tōng宵xiāo读dú书shū。
She read books all night.
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.
他tā通tōng宵xiāo备bèi考kǎo。
He spent all night cramming for the test.
全quán体tǐ销xiāo售shòu人rén员yuán通tōng宵xiāo达dá旦dàn地dì工gōng作zuò了le一yī周zhōu。
The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.

Stroke order for each character

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

通 tōng · to go through · 10 strokes

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宵 xiāo · night · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 通宵.

通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
通知tōngzhīto notify; to inform
普通pǔtōngcommon; ordinary
交通jiāotōngto be connected; traffic
普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard Mandarin
通常tōngchángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
通信tōngxìnto correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunicatio
通知书tōngzhīshūwritten notice
沟通gōutōngto join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
流通liútōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
通用tōngyòngto use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook et
通话tōnghuàto hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone

Questions about 通宵

What does 通宵 mean?

通宵 (tōngxiāo) means "all night; throughout the night" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 通宵?

通宵 is made of 2 characters: 通 (10 strokes), 宵 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 通宵 an HSK word?

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