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通宵

tōng xiāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

通宵 (tōng xiāo) means "all night; throughout the night". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 通宵 means

1. all night
2. throughout the night

The characters in 通宵

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 宵xiāonight

Example sentences

• 她通宵读书。
  Tā tōngxiāo dú shū.
  She read books all night.
• 他通宵备考。
  He spent all night cramming for the test.
• 通宵玩游戏很伤身体的。
  Playing games all night is very harmful to your health.
• 全体销售人员通宵达旦地工作了一周。
  Quántǐ xiāoshòu rényuán tōngxiāo-dádàn de gōngzuò le yī zhōu.
  The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.

Words starting with 通宵

• 通宵达旦tōng xiāo dá dànovernight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night

Words containing 通宵

• 打通宵dǎ tōng xiāoto spend the whole night

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