粵

晝zau3夜je6

simp昼夜
zau3 je6zhòu yè

English

  1. day and night
  2. day and night
  3. period of 24 hours
  4. continuously, without stop

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 日頭同夜晚;白晝同黑夜

Examples

  • 晝夜平分點

    equinox

  • 有如晝夜相隔

    to be apart like day and night

  • 啤啤仔晝夜不分,想食就食,想瞓就瞓。

    Babies don't distinguish between day and night. When they want to eat, they eat, and when they want to sleep, they sleep.

  • 这段时间昼夜温差很大。

    There is a large temperature difference between day and night during this period of time.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 你这样不分昼夜地工作,将会伤害自己的健康。

    If you work day and night, you will lose your health.

    Tatoeba · xiuqin CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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