Meaning of 昼夜
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhòuyè
- day and night
- period of 24 hours
- continuously, without stop
昼夜 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
这段时间昼夜温差很大。
There is a large temperature difference between day and night during this period of time.
你这样不分昼夜地工作，将会伤害自己的健康。
If you work day and night, you will lose your health.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
昼 zhòu · daytime · 9 strokes
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夜 yè · night · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 昼夜.
| 半夜 | bànyè | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 夜里 | yèlǐ | during the night; at night |
| 夜间 | yèjiān | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 黑夜 | hēiyè | night |
| 日夜 | rìyè | day and night; around the clock |
| 开夜车 | kāi yèchē | to burn the midnight oil; to work late into the night |
| 夜晚 | yèwǎn | night |
| 夜总会 | yèzǒnghuì | nightclub; nightspot |
| 深夜 | shēnyè | very late at night |
| 夜班 | yèbān | night shift |
| 熬夜 | áoyè | to stay up late or all night |
| 夜校 | yèxiào | evening school; night school |
Questions about 昼夜
What does 昼夜 mean?
昼夜 (zhòuyè) means "day and night; period of 24 hours" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 昼夜?
昼夜 is made of 2 characters: 昼 (9 strokes), 夜 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 昼夜 an HSK word?
Yes. 昼夜 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 昼夜 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 昼夜 is written 晝夜.