DAY 日
PERIOD FROM MORNING TO EVENING OR FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.
DAYTIMEDAYLIGHTWAKING HOURS
Hypernym
- PERIODTIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS.
- AFTERNOONPERIOD LATE IN-RELATION-TO MID-DAY AND BEFORE EVENING.
- EVENINGPERIOD of DAY BEFORE one SLEEPS AND LATER:after one STOPS WORKING.
- NIGHTPART of DAY when it is COMPLETELY DARK AND when one SLEEPS.
- DAYTIMEPART OF THE DAY WHEN THERE IS LIGHT.
Hyponym
- TOMORROW DAY AFTER TODAY.
- DAY OF THE WEEK DAY in the SEQUENCE of DAYS in a WEEK.
- TODAY The DAY NOW.
- YESTERDAY DAY BEFORE the DAY NOW.
- EQUINOX DAY on which DAY TIME IS EQUAL TO NIGHT TIME
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for the day as the time of human activity is 日 (ant. 夜 "nighttime, when there is no activity", and perhaps sometimes xì 夕 "the time of day when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has gone down but one has not yet gone to bed"). It was unclear in ancient times exactly when during the night one day ends and the next begins.
2. Zhòu 晝 (ant. xiāo 宵 "nighttime" and yè 夜 "night") refers to that part of the day when there is daylight.
2. Zhòu 晝 (ant. xiāo 宵 "nighttime" and yè 夜 "night") refers to that part of the day when there is daylight.
Modern Chinese Criteria
日
天
一晝夜
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天
一晝夜
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- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
14.41 - De differentiis
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DIFFERENTIAE I)
p.
13 dies
is said to be a positive designation in the masculine, and a negative one in the feminine.
279. Inter Hunc diem et hanc diem. Dies masculini generis bonum tempus apud veteres indicabat; feminini malum, veluti in Job, maledicta dies.
- 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
(
WANG FENGYANG 1993)
p.
1 - SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
(
GIRARD 1769)
p.
2.285:189 JOUR.JOURNEE
- 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典
(
HONG CHENGYU 2009)
p.
18
Words
日 rì OC: mljiɡ MC: ȵit 61 AttributionsWD
The general term for the day as the time of human activity is 日(ant. 夜"nighttime, when there is no activity", and perhaps sometimes xì 夕"the time of day when the sun is declining and including the time when the sun has gone down but one has not yet gone to bed"). It was unclear in ancient times exactly when during the night one day ends and the next begins.
- Word relations
- Epithet: 今/NOW
The current word for the present is jīn 今. Note 趙歧on Mencius: 孟子傷今時之君 "of his time, contemporary". - Oppos: 夜/NIGHT
Yè 夜 (ant. zhòu 晝 "daytime", and rì 日"day (when it is bright)") is the general term referring to the part of the day when it is dark, i.e. the evening and the night.
- Syntactic words
- npost-V{NUM}.adSafter V number of daysCH
- npost-V{NUM}.adVafter: after V number of daysCH
- nday, the length of a day counted as day-time; day on which something is to be done>date
- nadNdaily, per day
- nadSpluralthese daysCH
- nadVper day; day by day; (more) every day
- npost-N(the present) day
- npost-V.adSon the day V happens, S ensuesLZ
- npost-V{NUM}.adVfor V number of daysDS
- npost-V{NUM}.adVin N number of daysLZ
- npost-V{NUM}.postadVfor x days
- viactaccording to GONGYANG commentary SSJZS 2000, vol. 20, p. 30 read rí: occcasionally derived verbal uses in commentarial literature like Gongyang, Guliang: record the day
- vt(oN)give the day for the occurrence of a contextually determinate event
- vtoNaccording to GONGYANG commentary SSJZS 2000, vol. 20, p. 30 read rí: record the day for
- vtoNpassiveaccording to GONGYANG commentary SSJZS 2000, vol. 20, p. 30 read rí: (a day) be recorded
- vtpostN{OBJ}record the date (for a preceding object/event)
晝 zhòu OC: tus MC: ʈɨu 22 AttributionsWD
Zhòu 晝 (ant. xiāo 宵 "nighttime" and yè 夜 "night") refers to that part of the day when there is daylight.
- Word relations
- Oppos: 夜/NIGHT
Yè 夜 (ant. zhòu 晝 "daytime", and rì 日"day (when it is bright)") is the general term referring to the part of the day when it is dark, i.e. the evening and the night.
- Syntactic words
- ndaytime, daylight
- nadNdaytime-(meal etc)
- nadVtimeduring the daytime
- npostadVduring the daytime
晝夜 zhòu yè OC: tus k-laɡs MC: ʈɨu jɣɛ 20 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVduring day and night > all day and night
- NPpostadVgenerally: throughout day and night
- NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialgenerally: day and night
- VPiactwork all day and night
終日 zhōng rì OC: tjuŋ mljiɡ MC: tɕuŋ ȵit 11 AttributionsWD
lasting throughout to the end of the day> all day
- Syntactic words
- VPadVthe whole day, all day long, day after day
- VPilast all day
- VPpostadVall day
一日 yī rì OC: qliɡ mljiɡ MC: ʔit ȵit 9 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPthe whole dayCH
- NPadNdaily N, the N of one dayVK
- NPadSone day...
- NPadV.postN{SUBJ}one day (in the past)
- NPadV.postN{SUBJ}in the span of one dayLZ
朔 shuò OC: sqrooɡ MC: ʂɣɔk 4 AttributionsWD
Shuò 朔 refers to the first day of every month.
- Syntactic words
- nfirst day of the month
朝夕 zhāo xī OC: taw sɢlaɡ MC: ʈiɛu ziɛk 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVmorning and evening; sometimes even: from morning to evening, all day long
日頭 rì tóu OC: mljiɡ doo MC: ȵit du 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPcday
白日 bái rì OC: braaɡ mljiɡ MC: bɣɛk ȵit 2 AttributionsWD
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- NPadVduring the daytime; while it was daytime
竟日 jìng rì OC: kraŋs mljiɡ MC: kɣaŋ ȵit 2 AttributionsWD
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- VPadVthe whole day
啟 qǐ OC: kheeʔ MC: khei 1 AttributionWD
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- ncommencement of season
晦 huì OC: hmɯɯs MC: huo̝i 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nlast day of the month
至 zhì OC: kljiɡs MC: tɕi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nsolstice
辰 chén OC: ɡljɯn MC: dʑin 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nday as defined as suitable by constellation of time
三時 sān shí OC: saam ɡljɯ MC: sɑm dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPday and night
旦暮 dàn mù OC: taans maaɡs MC: tɑn muo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVbetween the morning and the evening> within the course of a single day
於日夜 yú rì yè OC: qa mljiɡ k-laɡs MC: ʔi̯ɤ ȵit jɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadVday and night
終日竟夜 zhōng rì jìng yè OC: tjuŋ mljiɡ kraŋs k-laɡs MC: tɕuŋ ȵit kɣaŋ jɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVday and night
平晝 píng zhòu MC: bjaeng trjuwH OC: breŋ tusCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSin plain daytimeCH
一旦 yī dàn MC: 'jit tanH OC: qliɡ taansCH 1 AttributionWD
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- VPadNdecided on one single dayCH
- VPadVon one single dayCH
望 wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ
望 (wáng) OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
Wàng 望 refers to the full moon, the sixteenth or seventeenth day of a lunar month.
- Syntactic words
旦夕 dàn xī OC: taans sɢlaɡ MC: tɑn ziɛk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPone day
湄日 méi rì OC: mril mljiɡ MC: mi ȵit 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVthe whole day, for the whole day
朝 zhāo OC: taw MC: ʈiɛu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nadV一朝 "one fine day"
平晝 píng zhòu MC: bjaeng trjuwH OC: breŋ tusCH 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSCH
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- Syntactic words
- nadVfor a whole dayCH
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