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zhòu

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zhòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhòu | zhou4
English translation
daytime
daytime, daylight

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About zhòu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhòu

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

When the sun is a foot  chě above the horizon  dàn

Etymology of zhòu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

尺旦

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Example sentences using zhòu

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禁食 jìn shí 四十 sì shí 昼夜 zhòuyè , 后来 hòulái jiù 饿 è le .

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

天是 zhǐ 阴晴,昼夜 zhòuyè , shǔ hán , 四季 sì jì 变化 biànhuà .

Weather means day or night, brightness , temperature and seasonal changes.

长江 ChángJiāng 雷霆 léi tíng jūn 之势,咆哮 páo xiào ér xià ,滚滚 Gǔn gǔn Dōng liú , 昼夜 zhòuyè 不息 bù xī .

The Yangtze River roared east, billowing with irresistible force day and night.

āo Guò le 炎热 yánrè de 白昼 bái zhòu ,我们 wǒmen 美美地任夜晚 yè wǎn 凉爽 liáng shuǎng 的微风吹拂 chuī fú .

After such a hot day we enjoyed the coolness of the evening breeze.

夜尽昼来

Night and day begin to merge.

Words with zhòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
昼夜 zhòuyè day and night晝夜
白昼 bái zhòu daytime白晝
zhòu daytime zhòu
不分昼夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night不分晝夜
昼伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal晝伏夜出
夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)夜行晝伏
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俾晝作夜
俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu work especially hard俾夜作晝

zhòu Decomposition & Compounds

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zhòu Decomposition

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