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昼夜

昼夜

See also: 晝夜

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 昼夜 – see 晝夜. (This term, 昼夜, is the simplified form of 晝夜.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	夜
ちゅう Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

昼夜 ‎(hiragana ちゅうや, romaji chūya)

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.