熬夜

Chinese

		endure; to boil; stew endure; to boil; stew; to simmer	night
trad. (熬夜)		熬	夜
simp. #(熬夜)		熬	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): áoyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngao² ye⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ je⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): ngau⁴ ia⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngàu-ya

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngau² ya⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ghau¹ ie³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngau-ya
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngau² ia⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áoyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áoyè
    • Wade–Giles: ao²-yeh⁴
    • Yale: áu-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: auryeh
    • Palladius: аое (aoje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngao² ye⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngaoje
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau²¹ iɛ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ je⁶
    • Yale: ngòuh yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ jɛː²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ngau⁴ ia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau³⁵ ia¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàu-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngauˇ ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngau² ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋau̯¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàu-ya
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngauˇ (r)ia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngau² ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋau̯¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngau² ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋau¹¹ ia⁵³/

Note: used in Hailu, Dabu, and Raoping.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghau¹ ie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣau¹¹ ie⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngau-ya
    • MiniDict: ngau^去 ya
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngau-hhia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²² ɦia⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngau² ia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɒu̯¹³ i̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

熬⫽夜 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to stay up late or all night

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 熬夜 (“to stay up late or all night”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		熬夜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	熬夜
	Harbin	熬夜
	Singapore	熬夜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	熬夜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	熬夜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	熬夜
	Xining	熬夜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	熬夜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	熬夜
	Wuhan	熬夜
	Guiyang	熬夜
	Guilin	熬夜
	Liuzhou	熬夜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	熬夜
	Yangzhou	熬夜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捱夜, 捱更抵夜, 熬更守夜, 捱眼瞓
	Hong Kong	捱夜, 捱更抵夜
	Macau	捱夜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	捱夜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	捱夜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	捱夜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	捱夜
	Foshan	捱夜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	捱夜
	Foshan (Shunde)	捱夜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	捱夜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	捱夜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	捱夜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	捱夜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	捱夜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	捱夜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	捱夜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	捱夜
	Taishan	捱夜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	捱夜
	Enping (Niujiang)	捱夜
	Heshan (Yayao)	捱夜
	Dongguan	捱夜, 捱更抵夜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	捱夜
Gan	Nanchang	熬夜
	Lichuan	熬夜
	Pingxiang	熬夜
Hakka	Meixian	熬夜, 噩夜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	捱夜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	捱夜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	捱夜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	捱夜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	捱夜
	Yudu	熬夜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	噩夜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	噩夜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	噩夜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	噩夜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	噩夜, 熬夜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耗夜
Jin	Taiyuan	熬夜
	Xinzhou	熬夜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	熬眠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	熬眠
Southern Min	Xiamen	熬暝
	Zhangzhou	熬暝
	Zhao'an	熬暝
	Shantou	磨暝
	Haikou	捱暝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	捱盲夜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	捱夜, 捱更抵夜
Wu	Hangzhou	熬夜
	Wenzhou	熬夜
Xiang	Changsha	熬夜

Derived terms

• 熬夜水 (áoyèshuǐ)