昼 (zhòu) — daytime, daylight (literary/formal)
Definition
Literary/formal word for 'daytime / daylight', almost always paired with 夜 (e.g. 昼夜). In everyday speech use 白天 instead.
noun
daytimedaylight (literary/formal)
Examples
- 昼，。zhòu Yǔ yè jiāo tì, yǒng bù tíng xī.Day and night alternate, never ceasing.
- 昼，。Tā zhòu chū yè guī, gōng zuò fēi cháng xīn kǔ.He goes out by day and returns at night; his work is very hard.
- ，昼。Xià zhì shí, zhòu zuì cháng.At the summer solstice, the daytime is longest.
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