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 is the simplified form of 晝夜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, 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

Alternative spelling
晝夜 (kyūjitai)

Noun

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.