通夜

tōngyè
  1. all through the night
  2. overnight

CEDICT

all night; whole night

Wiktionary

整夜。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 通 tōng
  1. to go through
  2. to know well
  3. (suffix) expert
  4. to connect
  5. to communicate
  6. open
  7. to clear
  8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
=2 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=2 夜 yè night

Related entries

整夜 zhěngyè
  1. the whole night
  2. all through the night
我習慣整夜工作。

I'm used to working all night.

Source: Tatoeba

一夜之间 yīyèzhījiān (lit. and fig.) overnight
如今的大多数书似乎是一夜之间从昨日的书籍中冒出来。

Most of today's books seem to have emerged overnight from yesterday's books.

Source: Tatoeba

隔夜 géyè
  1. overnight
  2. of the previous day
夕发朝至 xīfāzhāozhì
  1. to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning
  2. overnight (train)
过夜 guòyè
  1. to spend the night
  2. overnight
他在读书中度过夜晚.

He spent the evening reading a book.

He spent the evening reading.

Source: Tatoeba

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