Usage of the character 昼
zhòu
昼
[晝]
- daytime
báizhòu
白昼
[白晝]
- daytime
zhòuyè
昼夜
[晝夜]
- day and night
- period of 24 hours
- continuously, without stop
bǐzhòuzuòyè
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
bǔzhòubǔyè
卜昼卜夜
[卜晝卜夜]
- day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
zhòuyèjiélü
昼夜节律
[晝夜節律]
- circadian rhythm
yèxíngzhòufú
夜行昼伏
[夜行晝伏]
- to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
bùfēnzhòuyè
不分昼夜
[不分晝夜]
- day and night
- round-the-clock
zhòuduǎnyècháng
昼短夜长
[晝短夜長]
- the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
bǐyèzuòzhòu
俾夜作昼
[俾夜作晝]
- lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- work especially hard
yǎnrúbáizhòu
俨如白昼
[儼如白晝]
- as bright as daylight (idiom)
zhòufúyèchū
昼伏夜出
[晝伏夜出]
- nocturnal
- to hide by day and come out at night
Zǎi Yǔzhòuqǐn
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
zhòuyèpíngfēndiǎn
昼夜平分点
[晝夜平分點]
- the equinox