过夜 (guò yè) — to stay overnight
Definition
过 (guò) means 'pass/spend' and 夜 (yè) means 'night' — together a verb-object phrase for staying somewhere overnight. It is about the overnight stay itself, not the duration.
verb
to stay overnight
Examples
- 过夜。Wǒ men jīn wǎn dǎ suàn zài péng you jiā guò yè.We plan to stay overnight at our friend's place tonight.
- 。Tā zài zhè jiā jiǔ diàn guò le yí yè.He stayed one night at this hotel.
- 过夜。Zhè cì lǚ xíng wǒ men zhī guò yè yí cì.We only stayed overnight once during this trip.
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