昼
Meaning
zhòu zhou4
Example sentences
- nǐ 你 zhèyàng 这样 bù 不 fēn 分 zhòuyè 昼夜 de 地 gōngzuò 工作 ， jiāng 将 huì 会 shānghài 伤害 zìjǐ 自己 de 的 jiànkāng 健康 。If you work day and night, you will lose your health.
- In spring, the days become longer.
HSK words with 昼
More words with 昼
- 白昼 báizhòu daytime
- 昼行性 zhòuxíngxìng diurnality; diurnal
- 不分昼夜 bùfēnzhòuyè day and night
- 昼短夜长 zhòuduǎnyècháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
- 夜行昼伏 yèxíngzhòufú to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
- 昼伏夜出 zhòufúyèchū nocturnal
- 昼夜节律 zhòuyèjiélǜ circadian rhythm
- 卜昼卜夜 bǔzhòubǔyè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
- 俾夜作昼 bǐyèzuòzhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- 俾昼作夜 bǐzhòuzuòyè to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
- 宰予昼寝 ZǎiYǔzhòuqǐn Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures