Chinese word dictionary

昼夜

zhòuyè · day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop

Word information

Simplified昼夜
Traditional晝夜
Pinyinzhòuyè
Part of speech
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06

How to learn 昼夜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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