| 晝 | [ zhoù ] daytime |
| 晝伏夜出 | [ zhoù fú yè chū ] nocturnal, to hide by day and come out at night |
| 晝夜 | [ zhoù yè ] day and night, period of 24 hours, continuously, without stop |
| 晝夜平分點 | [ zhoù yè píng fēn diǎn ] the equinox |
| 晝夜節律 | [ zhoù yè jié lǜ ] circadian rhythm |
| 晝短夜長 | [ zhoù duǎn yè cháng ] the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不分晝夜 | [ bù fēn zhoù yè ] day and night, round-the-clock |
| ⇒ 俾夜作晝 | [ bǐ yè zuò zhoù ] lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil, work especially hard |
| ⇒ 俾晝作夜 | [ bǐ zhoù zuò yè ] to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour |
| ⇒ 儼如白晝 | [ yǎn rú baí zhoù ] as bright as daylight (idiom) |
| ⇒ 卜晝卜夜 | [ bǔ zhoù bǔ yè ] day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) |
| ⇒ 夜行晝伏 | [ yè xíng zhoù fú ] to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom) |
| ⇒ 宰予晝寢 | [ zaǐ yǔ zhoù qǐn ] Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures |
| ⇒ 白晝 | [ baí zhoù ] daytime |