Character
| HSK | 6 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 2651st character |
| RADICAL | ⼫ (44.6) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 1723 |
| TRADITIONAL | 晝 |
daytime, daylight
HSK 6
#2651
DEFINITIONS
- daytime, daylight
- daytime
STROKES
WORDS
| 昼夜 zhòu yè | day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop |
| 白昼 bái zhòu | daytime |
| 不分昼夜 bù fēn zhòu yè | day and night; round-the-clock |
| 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu | lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard |
| 俾昼作夜 bǐ zhòu zuò yè | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour |
| 俨如白昼 yǎn rú bái zhòu | as bright as daylight (idiom) |
| 卜昼卜夜 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè | day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) |
| 夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú | to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) |
| 宰予昼寝 zǎi yǔ zhòu qǐn | Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures |
| 昼伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū | nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night |
| 昼夜平分点 zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn | the equinox |
| 昼夜节律 zhòu yè jié lǜ | circadian rhythm |
| 昼短夜长 zhòu duǎn yè cháng | the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) |
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