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昼夜

zhòu yè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 晝夜

昼夜 (zhòu yè) means "day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 昼夜 means

1. day and night
2. period of 24 hours
3. continuously, without stop

The characters in 昼夜

• 昼zhòudaytime
• 夜yènight

Example sentences

• 这段时间昼夜温差很大。
  There is a large temperature difference between day and night during this period of time.
• 你这样不分昼夜地工作，将会伤害自己的健康。
  Nǐ zhèyàng bùfēnzhòuyè de gōngzuò, jiānghuì shānghài zìjǐ de jiànkāng.
  If you work day and night, you will lose your health.

Words starting with 昼夜

• 昼夜节律zhòu yè jié lǜcircadian rhythm
• 昼夜平分点zhòu yè píng fēn diǎnthe equinox

Words containing 昼夜

• 不分昼夜bù fēn zhòu yèday and night; round-the-clock

Where 昼夜 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhōu–zhū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhòu yè correctly.
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