過夜

过夜
guòyè
  1. to spend the night
  2. overnight

CEDICT

  1. the previous night
  2. to spend the night; to stay overnight

Wiktionary

度過一夜。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他在读书中度过夜晚.

He spent the evening reading a book.

He spent the evening reading.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=1 過 guo (experienced action marker)
=2 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=2 夜 yè night

Related entries

一夜之間 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
夕發朝至 xīfāzhāozhì
  1. to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning
  2. overnight (train)
通夜 tōngyè
  1. all through the night
  2. overnight
一朝一夕 yīzhāoyīxī
  1. lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. fig. in a short period of time
  3. overnight
英語不是一朝一夕就能學會的。

English cannot be mastered overnight.

Source: Tatoeba