| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 天 | 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 日 | 日 | rì | - sun - day - date, day of the month |
| 旦 | 旦 | dàn | - dawn - morning - day-break - day |
| 日子 | 日子 | rìzi | - day - a (calendar) date - days of one's life |
| 白天 | 白天 | báitiān | - daytime - during the day - day - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 昡 | 昡 | xuàn | - long day - extended - relaxed |
| 晌 | 晌 | shǎng | - part of the day - midday |
| 曦 | 曦 | xī | - light of day |
| 号 | 號 | hào | - ordinal number - day of a month - mark - sign - business establishment - size - ship suffix - horn (wind instrument) - bugle call - assumed name - to take a pulse - classifier used to indicate number of people |
| 一旦 | 一旦 | yīdàn | - in case (sth happens) - if - once (sth happens, then...) - when - in a short time - in one day |
| 亮相 | 亮相 | liàngxiàng | - a still pose on stage - to appear in public - to reveal one's position - to see the light of day |
| 佳期 | 佳期 | jiāqī | - wedding day - day of tryst |
| 佳节 | 佳節 | jiājié | - festive day - holiday |
| 来日 | 來日 | láirì | - future days - (literary) the next day - (old) past days |
| 假日 | 假日 | jiàrì | - holiday - non-working day |
| 元旦 | 元旦 | Yuándàn | - New Year's Day |
| 全天 | 全天 | quántiān | - whole day |
| 初一 | 初一 | chūyī | - first day of lunar month - New Year's Day - first year in junior middle school |
| 前儿 | 前兒 | qiánr | - before - day before yesterday |
| 前日 | 前日 | qiánrì | - day before yesterday |
| 半天 | 半天 | bàntiān | - half of the day - a long time - quite a while - midair - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 半托 | 半托 | bàntuō | - day care |
| 半晌 | 半晌 | bànshǎng | - half of the day - a long time - quite a while |
| 半响 | 半響 | bànxiǎng | - half the day - a long time - quite a while |
| 即日 | 即日 | jírì | - this or that very day - in the next few days |
| 吉日 | 吉日 | jírì | - propitious day - lucky day |
| 同日 | 同日 | tóngrì | - same day - simultaneous |
| 单日 | 單日 | dānrì | - on a single day |
| 国庆 | 國慶 | Guóqìng | - National Day |
| 报晓 | 報曉 | bàoxiǎo | - herald the break of day |
| 天天 | 天天 | tiāntiān | - every day |
| 婚期 | 婚期 | hūnqī | - wedding day |
| 平日 | 平日 | píngrì | - ordinary day - everyday - ordinarily - usually |
| 幽明 | 幽明 | yōumíng | - the hidden and the visible - that which can be seen and that which cannot - darkness and light - night and day - wisdom and ignorance - evil and good - the living and the dead - men and ghosts |
| 忌日 | 忌日 | jìrì | - anniversary of a death - inauspicious day |
| 念日 | 念日 | niànrì | - memorial day - commemoration day |
| 成日 | 成日 | chéngrì | - all day long - the whole day - the whole time |
| 采光 | 採光 | cǎiguāng | - lighting - day lighting |
| 收兵 | 收兵 | shōubīng | - to retreat - to withdraw troops - to recall troops - fig. to finish work - to wind up - to call it a day - used with negatives: the task is far from over |
| 改天 | 改天 | gǎitiān | - another day - some other time - to find another day (for appointment etc) - to take a rain check |
| 改日 | 改日 | gǎirì | - another day - some other day |
| 放学 | 放學 | fàngxué | - to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 放工 | 放工 | fànggōng | - to knock off work for the day |
| 散工 | 散工 | sǎngōng | - day labor - piece-time work |
| 散工 | 散工 | sàngōng | - to release from work at the end of the day |
| 整天 | 整天 | zhěngtiān | - all day long - whole day |
| 新春 | 新春 | xīnchūn | - the beginning of Spring - the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day |
| 日前 | 日前 | rìqián | - the other day - a few days ago |
| 日增 | 日增 | rìzēng | - increasing by the day |
| 日夜 | 日夜 | rìyè | - day and night - around the clock |
| 日日 | 日日 | rìrì | - every day |
| 日月 | 日月 | rìyuè | - the sun and moon - day and month - every day and every month - season - life and livelihood |
| 日渐 | 日漸 | rìjiàn | - to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day - more (or better etc) with each passing day |
| 日班 | 日班 | rìbān | - day shift |
| 日益 | 日益 | rìyì | - day by day - more and more - increasingly - more and more with each passing day |
| 日盛 | 日盛 | rìshèng | - more flourishing by the day |
| 日里 | 日裡 | rìlǐ | - daytime - during the day |
| 日趋 | 日趨 | rìqū | - (increasing) day by day - (more critical) with every passing day - gradually |
| 旬课 | 旬課 | xúnkè | - test every ten day - periodic deadline |
| 明儿 | 明兒 | míngr | - (coll.) tomorrow - one of these days - some day |
| 星期 | 星期 | xīngqī | - week - CL:個|个[ge4] - day of the week - Sunday |
| 时分 | 時分 | shífēn | - time - period during the day - one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 |
| 时弊 | 時弊 | shíbì | - ills of the day - contemporary problems |
| 时日 | 時日 | shírì | - time - auspicious time - time and date - long period of time - this day |
| 时段 | 時段 | shíduàn | - time interval - work shift - time slot - the twelve two hour divisions of the day |
| 时辰 | 時辰 | shíchen | - time - one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day |
| 昼夜 | 晝夜 | zhòuyè | - day and night - period of 24 hours - continuously, without stop |
| 晨昏 | 晨昏 | chénhūn | - morning and twilight - day and night |
| 晴天 | 晴天 | qíngtiān | - clear sky - sunny day |
| 暑天 | 暑天 | shǔtiān | - hot (summer) day |
| 有朝 | 有朝 | yǒuzhāo | - one day - sometime in the future |
| 末日 | 末日 | mòrì | - last day - end - final days - doomsday |
| 次日 | 次日 | cìrì | - next day - the morrow |
| 每天 | 每天 | měitiān | - every day - everyday |
| 每日 | 每日 | měirì | - daily - (soup etc) of the day |
| 涓吉 | 涓吉 | juānjí | - to choose an auspicious day |
| 当天 | 當天 | dāngtiān | - on that day |
| 当天 | 當天 | dàngtiān | - the same day |
| 当日 | 當日 | dāngrì | - on that day |
| 当日 | 當日 | dàngrì | - that very day - the same day |
| 白托 | 白托 | báituō | - day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) - to be blinded by greed - swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1]) |
| 空日 | 空日 | kòngrì | - day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar) |
| 翌日 | 翌日 | yìrì | - next day |
| 至今 | 至今 | zhìjīn | - so far - to this day - until now |
| 良吉 | 良吉 | liángjí | - lucky day - auspicious day |
| 贺正 | 賀正 | hèzhēng | - to exchange compliments on New Year's Day |
| 辰光 | 辰光 | chénguāng | - sunlight - (Wu dialect) time of the day - moment |
| 这天 | 這天 | zhètiān | - today - this day |
| 逢集 | 逢集 | féngjí | - market day |
| 连日 | 連日 | liánrì | - day after day - for several days running |
| 那天 | 那天 | nàtiān | - that day - the other day |
| 镇日 | 鎮日 | zhènrì | - all day |
| 开张 | 開張 | kāizhāng | - to open a business - first transaction of a business day |
| 阴天 | 陰天 | yīntiān | - cloudy day - overcast sky |
| 隔夜 | 隔夜 | géyè | - overnight - of the previous day |
| 隔天 | 隔天 | gétiān | - the next day - on alternate days |
| 雨天 | 雨天 | yǔtiān | - rainy day - rainy weather |
| 面世 | 面世 | miànshì | - to be published (of art, literary works etc) - to come out - to take shape - to see the light of day |
| 丽日 | 麗日 | lìrì | - bright sun - beautiful day |
| 停战日 | 停戰日 | Tíngzhànrì | - Armistice Day |
| 前半天 | 前半天 | qiánbàntiān | - morning - a.m. - first half of the day |
| 前半晌 | 前半晌 | qiánbànshǎng | - morning - a.m. - first half of the day |
| 十・一 | 十・一 | shí·yī | - first of October - PRC National Day - same as 國慶|国庆[Guo2 qing4] |
| 大后天 | 大後天 | dàhòutiān | - three days from now - day after day after tomorrow |
| 太阳日 | 太陽日 | tàiyángrì | - solar day |
| 好半天 | 好半天 | hǎobàntiān | - most of the day |
| 工作日 | 工作日 | gōngzuòrì | - workday - working day - weekday |
| 厂礼拜 | 廠禮拜 | chǎnglǐbài | - day off (work) |
| 情人节 | 情人節 | Qíngrénjié | - Valentine's Day |
| 愚人节 | 愚人節 | yúrénjié | - April fool's day |
| 感恩节 | 感恩節 | Gǎnēnjié | - Thanksgiving Day |
| 择日子 | 擇日子 | zháirìzi | - to pick an auspicious day |
| 擒人节 | 擒人節 | Qínrénjié | - (jocularly) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day |
| 母亲节 | 母親節 | Mǔqīnjié | - Mother's Day |
| 父亲节 | 父親節 | Fùqīnjié | - Father's Day |
| 白班儿 | 白班兒 | báibānr | - day shift |
| 瞻礼日 | 瞻禮日 | Zhānlǐrì | - the Lord's Day - Sunday |
| 第二天 | 第二天 | dìèrtiān | - next day - the morrow |
| 纪念日 | 紀念日 | jìniànrì | - day of commemoration - memorial day |
| 终战日 | 終戰日 | zhōngzhànrì | - armistice day - cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 临时工 | 臨時工 | línshígōng | - day laborer - temporary work |
| 解放日 | 解放日 | Jiěfàngrì | - Liberation Day - cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea |
| 赶明儿 | 趕明兒 | gǎnmíngr | - (coll.) some day - one of these days |
| 金针菜 | 金針菜 | jīnzhēncài | - day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine |
| 双十节 | 雙十節 | Shuāngshíjié | - Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911 - (Taiwan) National Day |
| 头半天 | 頭半天 | tóubàntiān | - morning - first half of the day |
| 鲤鱼旗 | 鯉魚旗 | lǐyúqí | - koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day |
| 一天到晚 | 一天到晚 | yītiāndàowǎn | - all day long - the whole day |
| 一日三餐 | 一日三餐 | yīrìsāncān | - to have three meals a day |
| 三天两头 | 三天兩頭 | sāntiānliǎngtóu | - lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day - frequently |
| 不分昼夜 | 不分晝夜 | bùfēnzhòuyè | - day and night - round-the-clock |
| 不可终日 | 不可終日 | bùkězhōngrì | - to be unable to carry on even for a single day - to be in a desperate situation |
| 也有今天 | 也有今天 | yěyǒujīntiān | - (coll.) to get one's just deserts - to serve sb right - to get one's share of (good or bad things) - every dog has its day |
| 到此为止 | 到此為止 | dàocǐwéizhǐ | - to stop at this point - to end here - to call it a day |
| 卜昼卜夜 | 卜晝卜夜 | bǔzhòubǔyè | - day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc) |
| 危若朝露 | 危若朝露 | wēiruòzhāolù | - precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day |
| 大器晚成 | 大器晚成 | dàqìwǎnchéng | - lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly - in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state - Rome wasn't built in a day |
| 安然无恙 | 安然無恙 | ānránwúyàng | - safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) - to live to fight another day |
| 披星戴月 | 披星戴月 | pīxīngdàiyuè | - to travel or work through night and day - to toil away for long hours |
| 日复一日 | 日復一日 | rìfùyīrì | - day after day |
| 日行一善 | 日行一善 | rìxíngyīshàn | - to do a good deed every day |
| 日趋严重 | 日趨嚴重 | rìqūyánzhòng | - more critical with every passing day |
| 最后一天 | 最後一天 | zuìhòuyītiān | - final day |
| 有朝一日 | 有朝一日 | yǒuzhāoyīrì | - one day - sometime in the future |
| 未雨绸缪 | 未雨綢繆 | wèiyǔchóumóu | - lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead - to prepare for a rainy day |
| 死而后已 | 死而後已 | sǐérhòuyǐ | - until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life - unto one's dying day |
| 江河日下 | 江河日下 | jiānghérìxià | - rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse - deteriorating day by day |
| 没日没夜 | 沒日沒夜 | méirìméiyè | - day and night - regardless of the time of day or night |
| 焚膏继晷 | 焚膏繼晷 | féngāojìguǐ | - to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day |
| 痛砭时弊 | 痛砭時弊 | tòngbiānshíbì | - to strongly criticize the evils of the day |
| 发工资日 | 發工資日 | fāgōngzīrì | - payday - pay day |
| 积谷防饥 | 積穀防饑 | jīgǔfángjī | - storing grain against a famine - to lay sth by for a rainy day - also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 |
| 与日俱增 | 與日俱增 | yǔrìjùzēng | - to increase steadily - to grow with each passing day |
| 花朝月夕 | 花朝月夕 | huāzhāoyuèxī | - a beautiful day - cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August |
| 蒸蒸日上 | 蒸蒸日上 | zhēngzhēngrìshàng | - becoming more prosperous with each passing day |
| 蜀犬吠日 | 蜀犬吠日 | Shǔquǎnfèirì | - lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things - alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day |
| 通宵达旦 | 通宵達旦 | tōngxiāodádàn | - overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long - day and night |
| 青天白日 | 青天白日 | qīngtiānbáirì | - in broad daylight - in the middle of the day - KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background |
| 鸟语花香 | 鳥語花香 | niǎoyǔhuāxiāng | - lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day |
| 一天一个样 | 一天一個樣 | yītiānyīgeyàng | - to change from day to day |
| 国际劳动节 | 國際勞動節 | GuójìLáodòngJié | - May Day - International Labor Day (May 1) |
| 天使报喜节 | 天使報喜節 | Tiānshǐbàoxǐjié | - Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) - Lady day |
| 澳新军团日 | 澳新軍團日 | Àoxīnjūntuánrì | - Anzac Day |
| 白色情人节 | 白色情人節 | BáisèQíngrénjié | - White Day |
| 退伍军人节 | 退伍軍人節 | TuìwǔJūnrénjié | - Veterans' Day |
| 八小时工作制 | 八小時工作制 | bāxiǎoshígōngzuòzhì | - eight-hour working day |
| 一日之计在于晨 | 一日之計在於晨 | yīrìzhījìzàiyúchén | - make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) - early morning is the golden time of the day |
| 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 | 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 | jūgōngjìncuì,sǐérhòuyǐ | - to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life - with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day |
| 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 | 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 | bīngdòngsānchǐ,fēiyīrìzhīhán | - three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
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