熬夜
ngou4 je2ngou4 je6áo yè
English
- to stay up late or all night
- to endure sleepiness and work through the night (in order to finish a task)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 夜晚忍住眼瞓噉完成工作
Examples
她習慣熬夜。
She is in the habit of keeping late hours.
Tatoeba · offdare CC BY
我習慣熬夜。
I am used to sitting up late.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
我又熬夜了。
I stayed up all night again.
Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY
瑪麗昨晚熬夜。
Mary stayed up late last night.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
她熬夜习惯了。
She is used to staying up late.
Tatoeba · shanghainese CC BY
我们习惯熬夜。
We're used to staying up late.
Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY
今晚又要熬夜寫文喇。
I have to work through the night on my essay tonight.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk