昼
夜

Day and night in Chinese: 昼夜 (zhòu yè)

zhòu yè

day and night

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 晝夜1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1day and night
  2. 2period of 24 hours
  3. 3continuously, without stop

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昼
夜

Simplified & traditional

昼夜

Simplified

晝夜

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 工人们昼夜不停地赶工。

    gōng rén men zhòu yè bù tíng dì gǎn gōng。

    The workers labored day and night without stopping.

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Related words

夜

yè

night

半夜

bàn yè

midnight

夜里

yè li

during the night

夜间

yè jiān

nighttime

黑夜

hēi yè

night

日夜

rì yè

day and night

熬夜

áo yè

to stay up late or all night

彻夜

chè yè

the whole night

连夜

lián yè

that very night

深夜

shēn yè

very late at night

夜班

yè bān

night shift

夜市

yè shì

night market

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