上夜 - Zhictionary

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上夜

shàngyè

to be on night duty

to be on night duty

值班守夜。《红楼梦．第一四回》：「这三十个每日轮流各处上夜，照管门户，监察火烛，打扫地方。」《老残游记．第五回》：「你们家又有上夜的，又有保家的，怎麽就让强盗把赃物送到家中屋子裡，还不知道。」也作「上宿」。

重編國語辭典

Examples

她上夜校。

She goes to night school.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous
first (of multiple parts)
to climb; to get onto; to go up
to attend (class or university)
(directional complement) up
(noun suffix) on; above

variant of 夜 yè