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:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼 夜
ちゅう
Grade: 2 		や
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
晝夜 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

昼(ちゅう)夜(や) • (chūya) 

  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.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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