DAY    日

PERIOD FROM MORNING TO EVENING OR FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT.
DAYTIMEDAYLIGHTWAKING HOURS
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.
Modern Chinese Criteria
日 天 一晝夜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • TOMORROW　DAY AFTER TODAY. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • DAY OF THE WEEK　DAY in the SEQUENCE of DAYS in a WEEK. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TODAY　The DAY NOW. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • YESTERDAY　DAY BEFORE the DAY NOW. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • EQUINOX　DAY on which DAY TIME IS EQUAL TO NIGHT TIME (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
Part of
  • 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.
  • DAYTIME
Hypernym
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.41

  • De differentiis ( 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 (26 items)

    日  rì OC: mljiɡ MC: ȵit 65 Attributions

    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
    • nadVdaily more; per 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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      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 Attributions

    lasting throughout to the end of the day> all day

      Word relations
    • Ant: 須臾/MOMENT The current general word for a very short time is xū yú 須臾.

      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 11 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe whole dayCH
    • NPadNdaily N, the N of one dayVK
    • NPadNfigurativeshortlivedLZ
    • NPadSone day...
    • NPadVin the span of one dayLZ
    • NPadV.postN{SUBJ}one day (in the past)
    • NPadV.postN{SUBJ}in the span of one dayLZ
    朝夕  zhāo xī OC: taw sɢlaɡ MC: ʈiɛu ziɛk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVmorning and evening; sometimes even: from morning to evening, all day long
    朔  shuò OC: sqrooɡ MC: ʂɣɔk 4 Attributions

    Shuò 朔 refers to the first day of every month.

      Syntactic words
    • nfirst day of the month
    白日  bái rì OC: braaɡ mljiɡ MC: bɣɛk ȵit 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVduring the daytime; while it was daytime
    竟日  jìng rì OC: kraŋs mljiɡ MC: kɣaŋ ȵit 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVthe whole day
    日頭  rì tóu OC: mljiɡ doo MC: ȵit du 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcday
    至  zhì OC: kljiɡs MC: tɕi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nsolstice
    辰  chén OC: ɡljɯn MC: dʑin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nday as defined as suitable by constellation of time
    於日夜  yú rì yè OC: qa mljiɡ k-laɡs MC: ʔi̯ɤ ȵit jɣɛ 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVday and night
    旦暮  dàn mù OC: taans maaɡs MC: tɑn muo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVbetween the morning and the evening> within the course of a single day
    啟  qǐ OC: kheeʔ MC: khei 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ncommencement of season
    平晝  píng zhòu MC: bjaeng trjuwH OC: breŋ tus 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSin plain daytimeCH
    一旦  yī dàn MC: 'jit tanH OC: qliɡ taans 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNdecided on one single dayCH
    • VPadVon one single dayCH
    三時  sān shí OC: saam ɡljɯ MC: sɑm dʑɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPday and night
    晦  huì OC: hmɯɯs MC: huo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nlast day of the month
    旦夕  dàn xī OC: taans sɢlaɡ MC: tɑn ziɛk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPone day
    湄日  méi rì OC: mril mljiɡ MC: mi ȵit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVthe whole day, for the whole day
    平晝  píng zhòu MC: bjaeng trjuwH OC: breŋ tus 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nadVfor a whole dayCH
    望  wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ
    望  (wáng) OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Wàng 望 refers to the full moon, the sixteenth or seventeenth day of a lunar month.

      Syntactic words
    朝  zhāo OC: taw MC: ʈiɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nadV一朝 "one fine day"