整夜 (zhěng yè) — the whole night, all night long | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the whole nightall night long

Examples

整夜，。
Tā zhěng yè dōu zài gōng zuò, méi yǒu xiū xi.
He worked all night without resting.
整夜，。
Wài miàn xià le yì zhěng yè yǔ, zǎo shàng cái tíng.
It rained all night outside and only stopped in the morning.
，整夜。
Wèi le zhǔn bèi kǎo shì, tā áo le yì zhěng yè.
She stayed up all night preparing for the exam.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

整夜 joins 整, whole, and 夜, night, to mean the whole night.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

敕正整

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng整zhěng

Same sound today

整 pairs 敕 as the meaning side with 正 as the sound side.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

夕夕xīmoon

Sound part声符shēngfú

亦

亦yì夜yè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 夜 pairs 亦 as a sound part with 夕 as a moon part, for night. In the modern shape, the 亦 part is broken up and one stroke merges into 夕.

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