白天
bái tiān
Pinyin

Definition

白天
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bái tiān
  1. daytime
  2. during the day
  3. day
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在太阳系中，水星跟太阳的距离很近，受到太阳高温的影响，水星白天的地表温度非常高，可以达到摄氏427度，因此水星没办法像邻近的金星和地球一样形成一层厚厚的大气层。
zài tàiyángxì zhōng ，Shuǐxīng gēn tàiyang de jùlí hěn jìn ，shòudào tàiyang gāowēn de yǐngxiǎng ，Shuǐxīng báitiān de dìbiǎo wēndù fēicháng gāo ，kěyǐ dádào Shèshì sìbǎièrshíqī dù ，yīncǐ Shuǐxīng méi bànfǎ xiàng línjìn de Jīnxīng hé dìqiú yīyàng xíngchéng yīcéng hòu hòu de dàqìcéng 。
In the solar system, Mercury is very close to the sun. Because of the high temperature from the sun, the ground temperature on Mercury is very high, which is up to 427 degree celsius. Therefore, Mercury cannot form a thick layer of atmosphere like Venus and Earth.
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午夜和白天，不停地交换。
wǔyè hé báitiān ，bùtíng de jiāohuàn 。
Constant exchange between day and night.
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就能轻易地分辨白天黑夜。
jiù néng qīngyì de fēnbiàn báitiān hēi yè 。
I could easily tell day from night
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对啊，而且我昨天白天还带两个小孩去海边玩，冷死我了。
duìa ，érqiě wǒ zuótiān báitiān hái dài liǎng gè xiǎohái qù hǎibiān wán ，lěng sǐ wǒ le 。
Yes, and yesterday during the day I brought the two kids to the seaside, it was freezing cold.
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你不知道，你外公现在说话语无伦次，脾气也很坏，动不动就骂人。而且动作也不协调，经常摔跤。作息时间也是日夜颠倒，他整夜不睡，我和你爸爸晚上也睡不好。我们白天又要上班，真是太累了。
nǐ bù zhīdào ，nǐ wàigōng xiànzài shuōhuà yǔwúlúncì ，píqì yě hěn huài ，dòng bu dòng jiù màrén 。érqiě dòngzuò yě bù xiétiáo ，jīngcháng shuāijiāo 。zuòxī shíjiān yě shì rìyè diāndào ，tā zhěng yè bù shuì ，wǒ hé nǐ bàba wǎnshang yě shuìbuhǎo 。wǒmen báitiān yòu yào shàngbān ，zhēn shì tài lèi le 。
You don’t understand, your grandfather’s speech is incoherent now, and he’s really irritable, he shouts at people over the slightest thing. His movements aren’t coordinated and he falls over all the time. His sleep patterns are all messed up as well, he sleeps all day and doesn’t sleep at all at night, so your dad and I can’t get enough sleep. We both have to work during the day, it’s exhausting.
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吵死了，快关窗！楼下又在跳广场舞了，还放这么大声的音乐！天天晚上跳，这些老阿姨又不用上班，白天不能跳啊！真受不了！
chǎo sǐ le ，kuài guān chuāng ！lóuxià yòu zài tiào guǎngchǎng wǔ le ，hái fàng zhème dà shēng de yīnyuè ！tiāntiān wǎnshang tiào ，zhèxiē lǎoāyí yòu bùyòng shàngbān ，báitiān bùnéng tiào ā ！zhēn shòubuliǎo ！
It's so noisy! Close the window! There are people dancing downstairs in the square again. They are playing such loud music! They dance every night. These old ladies don't have to work. Can't they dance during the day? It's unbearable!
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她白天给我发短信了，说差不多搞定了。
tā báitiān gěi wǒ fā duǎnxìn le ，shuō chàbuduō gǎodìng le 。
She sent me a message today and said that it's pretty much settled.
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白天不行，我要上班的。明天晚上可以吗？
báitiān bùxíng ，wǒ yào shàngbān de 。míngtiān wǎnshang kěyǐ ma ？
I can't do it during the day. I need to work. Is tomorrow evening okay?
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白天喝奶粉，晚上还是喝母乳。
báitiān hē nǎifěn ，wǎnshang háishì hē mǔrǔ 。
During the day she drinks formula. At night she still drinks breast milk.
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白天听老邓，晚上听小邓
báitiān tīng Lǎo Dèng ，wǎnshang tīng Xiǎo Dèng
Listening to Deng Xiaoping during the day, and listening to Deng Lijun at night.
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