# 昼夜 (zhòuyè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 昼夜 (zhòuyè) means “day and night”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: day and night
- Pinyin: zhòuyè (zhou4 ye4)
- Traditional: 晝夜
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 医院的急诊室昼夜都有医生值班。
  Yīyuàn de jízhěnshì zhòuyè dōu yǒu yīshēng zhíbān.
  The hospital's emergency room has doctors on duty day and night.

## Characters

- 昼 (zhòu): daytime
- [夜](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-night/) (yè): night

https://hanziro.com/word/zhou-ye-day-and-night/

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