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白天

bái tiān

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 个

白天 (bái tiān) means "daytime; during the day". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 白天 means

1. daytime
2. during the day
3. day

The characters in 白天

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven

Example sentences

• 那时是白天。
  It was daytime.
• 白天越来越长了。
  The days are getting longer and longer.
• 他们只在白天工作。
  Tāmen zhǐ zài báitiān gōngzuò.
  They work only during the day.
• 他白天睡夜晚工作。
  Tā báitiān shuì yèwǎn gōngzuò.
  He sleeps during the day and works at night.
• 白天变得越来越长。
  The days are getting longer and longer.
• 白天渐渐地越来越长。
  The days are getting longer and longer.

Words containing 白天

• 大白天dà bái tiānin broad daylight
• 乳白天空rǔ bái tiān kōngwhiteout

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