"昼" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 昼
昼
- Traditional
- 晝
- Radical
- 日 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 9
- Structure
- encadrement par le haut
- Cangjie
- SOAM 尸人日一
- Sijiao
- 7710.6
- Wubi
- NYJG
- GB 2312
- D6E7
- Unicode
- U+663C
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 昼夜 晝夜 | day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop | syn | |
| 昼行性 晝行性 | diurnality / diurnal | ||
| 昼伏夜出 晝伏夜出 | nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night | ||
| 昼短夜长 晝短夜長 | the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) | ||
| 昼夜节律 晝夜節律 | circadian rhythm |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 白昼 白晝 | daytime | syn | |
| 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 | lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard | ||
| 俾昼作夜 俾晝作夜 | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs) / fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour | ||
| 卜昼卜夜 卜晝卜夜 | day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) | ||
| 不分昼夜 不分晝夜 | day and night / round-the-clock | ||
| 俨如白昼 儼如白晝 | as bright as daylight (idiom) | ||
| 夜行昼伏 夜行晝伏 | to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) | ||
| 宰予昼寝 宰予晝寢 | Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom) / refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures |