天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 当天 當天 dāng tiān on that day syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 当日 當日 dāng rì on that day syn 元旦 yuán dàn New Year's Day syn 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 国庆节 國慶節 guó qìng jié PRC National Day (October 1st) 日新月异 日新月異 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress 八强 八強 bā qiáng (sports) top eight / quarterfinals 与日俱增 與日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day syn 邮品 郵品 yóu pǐn items issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists (stamps, postcards, first day covers etc) 朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic) 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 忌日 jì rì anniversary of a death / inauspicious day syn 辰光 chén guāng sunlight / (Wu dialect) time of the day / moment syn 走读 走讀 zǒu dú to attend school as a day student 红盘 紅盤 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close 八 bā eight / 8 syn 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 散工 sǎn gōng day labor / piece-time work 爱耳日 愛耳日 ài ěr rì Ear Care Day (March 3) 逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn 每天 měi tiān every day syn 一天 yī tiān one day 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 日前 rì qián the other day / a few days ago syn 第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy 黄金周 黃金周 huáng jīn zhōu Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 假日 jià rì a holiday / a day off syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 国庆 國慶 guó qìng National Day 半晌 bàn shǎng half of the day / a long time / quite a while syn 时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn 八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass / all directions syn 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 平日 píng rì ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 时辰 時辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day syn 次日 cì rì next day / the morrow syn 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 中都 zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing 后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori 前夕 qián xī eve / the day before syn 全天 quán tiān whole day syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 交易日 jiāo yì rì (finance) trading day 晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 母亲节 母親節 mǔ qīn jié Mother's Day 前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event) syn 荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3] 二号 二號 èr hào 2nd day of the month 车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities") 终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long syn 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 面世 miàn shì to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day syn 八荣八耻 八榮八恥 bā róng bā chǐ Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 日日 rì rì every day syn 雨天 yǔ tiān rainy day / rainy weather syn 前日 qián rì day before yesterday syn 佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day / holiday syn 