熬更守夜 áogēngshǒuyè to stay up all night Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 熬 áo verb to stay up late to stay awake all night or until very late更 gēng noun night watch one of the five two-hour periods of the night into which the night was formerly divided守夜 shǒuyè to stay up late to stay up all night; to stay awake late into the night