昼
zhòu
daytime
这里夏天昼长夜短。
zhè lǐ xià tiān zhòu cháng yè duǎn。
Here in summer, the daytime is long and the night is short.
他们昼夜不停地工作，终于完成了任务。
tā men zhòu yè bù tíng de gōng zuò，zhōng yú wán chéng le rèn wu。
They worked day and night without stopping and finally finished the task.
Words with 昼
不分昼夜
bù fēn zhòu yè
day and night
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
卜昼卜夜
bǔ zhòu bǔ yè
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
宰予昼寝
zǎi yǔ zhòu qǐn
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
zhòu fú yè chū
nocturnal
昼夜
zhòu yè
day and night
昼夜平分点
zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn
the equinox
昼夜节律
zhòu yè jié lǜ
circadian rhythm
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
昼行性
zhòu xíng xìng
diurnality; diurnal