昼夜

昼夜

See also: 晝夜

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 昼夜 – see 晝夜 (“day and night; round the clock”). (This term, 昼夜, is the simplified form of 晝夜.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	夜
ちゅう Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːja̠]

Noun

昼夜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 晝夜, hiragana ちゅうや, rōmaji chūya)

1. day and night
   • 1926, 葉山嘉樹, 坑夫の子:

     三台 (さんだい)のポムプは、昼夜 (ちゅうや)間断 (かんだん)なくモーターを焼 (や)く程働 (ほどうご)き続 (つづ)けていた。

     San-dai no pomupu wa, chūya kandan naku mōtā o yaku hodo ugokitsuzukete ita.

     The three pumps just about burned out their motors running constantly day and night.