彻 chè
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 切 to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
彻夜
chèyè
all night; throughout the night
Characters in this word
夜 yè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 研发团队彻夜排查故障，直到系统恢复稳定才离开机房。 Yánfā tuánduì chèyè páichá gùzhàng, zhídào xìtǒng huīfù wěndìng cái líkāi jīfáng. The R&D team troubleshot the fault all night and only left the server room after the system became stable again.
- 考试前一天，他彻夜复习，一分钟也没睡。 Kǎoshì qián yì tiān, tā chèyè fùxí, yì fēnzhōng yě méi shuì. The day before the exam, he studied all night and didn't sleep for a minute.
- 窗外下着雨，她彻夜未眠，守在生病的孩子身边。 Chuāng wài xià zhe yǔ, tā chèyè wèi mián, shǒu zài shēngbìng de háizi shēnbiān. Rain fell outside the window; she stayed awake all night at her sick child's side.
Related words
- 彻底 chèdǐ thoroughly
- 贯彻 guànchè to carry out; to implement
- 透彻 tòuchè thorough; penetrating
- 半夜 bànyè midnight; late at night
- 夜 yè night
- 夜里 yèli at night
- 夜间 yèjiān at night, night time
- 日夜 rìyè day and night
- 深夜 shēnyè late night
- 连夜 liányè overnight; through the night
- 夜班 yèbān night shift
- 夜校 yèxiào night school