捱夜 (ngaai4 je2) — stay up late/all night; burn the midnig… in Cantonese

ngaaiˎ₄捱jeˊ²夜

简挨夜

Mandarin Pinyin: ai1 ye4

Meaning of 捱夜

nounstay up late/all night; burn the midnight oil

noun(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil

gan6paai2近ngoˏ₅排jat1zik6dou1我ngaai4je2一ga1baan1直都捱夜加班

Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.

keoiˏ₅佢coeng4-gi2長ngaaiˎ₄期jeˍ₆捱夜

He often stays up late.

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