多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before 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 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night syn 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 半晌 bàn shǎng half of the day / a long time / quite a while syn 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 半响 半響 bàn xiǎng half the day / a long time / quite a while 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours syn 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 竟日 jìng rì (literary) all day long 终天 終天 zhōng tiān all day long / all one's life syn 昶 chǎng (of the day) long / old variant of 暢|畅[chang4] 天 tiān day / sky / heaven 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 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 长 長 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly syn 只要 zhǐ yào so long as / provided / if syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 每天 měi tiān every day syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) 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 想念 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again syn 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn 渴望 kě wàng to thirst for / to long for syn 万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 感恩节 感恩節 gǎn ēn jié Thanksgiving Day 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now syn 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time 梦寐以求 夢寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for / to covet syn 