# 熬夜 (áoyè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 熬夜 (áoyè) means “to stay up late”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to stay up late
- Pinyin: áoyè (ao2 ye4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 经常熬夜对身体很不好。
  Jīngcháng áoyè duì shēntǐ hěn bù hǎo.
  Staying up late often is very bad for your health.

## Characters

- [熬](https://hanziro.com/word/ao-simmer/) (áo): to simmer; to endure
- [夜](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-night/) (yè): night

https://hanziro.com/word/ao-ye-stay-up-late/

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