连夜 (lián yè) — that very night; without delay until the next d…

Definition

连夜 emphasizes speed — doing something 'that very night' without waiting. 通宵 and 彻夜 both stress lasting 'all night long' without the urgency.

that very nightwithout delay until the next daythrough the nightall nightfor several consecutive nights

，连夜。
Wèi le wán chéng rèn wu, tā lián yè gōng zuò le shí gè xiǎo shí.
To complete the task, he worked for ten straight hours through the night.
连夜。
Jǐng chá lián yè gǎn wǎng xiàn chǎng diào chá àn jiàn.
The police rushed to the scene that very night to investigate the case.
连夜，。
Zhè zhōu tā shàng zhōu lián yè jiā le sān tiān bān, fēi cháng xīn kǔ.
He worked overtime for three consecutive nights last week and was very tired.

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.

连liáncontinuous

连 adds continuous to 夜, giving through the night or night after night.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

辶車連

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

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

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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