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HSK 6
昼
晝
zhòu
1.
daytime
Common • Top 13%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (13)
昼夜
zhòuyè
day and night
白昼
báizhòu
daytime
不分昼夜
bùfēnzhòuyè
day and night
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
俨如白昼
yǎnrúbáizhòu
as bright as daylight (idiom)
卜昼卜夜
bǔzhòubǔyè
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
夜行昼伏
yèxíngzhòufú
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
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
昼伏夜出
zhòufúyèchū
nocturnal
昼夜节律
zhòuyèjiélǚ
circadian rhythm
昼短夜长
zhòuduǎnyècháng
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
昼夜平分点
zhòuyèpíngfēndiǎn
the equinox
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,650
- Word Frequency Rank
- 11,261 of 84,292