Learn 5 characters a day on the blog!

  • my nciku
  • conversations
  • Q&A
  • theme words
  • tools
  • nciku mini

listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
HSK rank
日

★★

Font Size

Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

日 [rì]
  1. 1. noun [太阳] sun
    日出
    sunrise
    日落
    sunset
  2. 2. noun [白天] daytime
    他们日夜不停地赶路。
    They travelled onwards, not stopping during the day or at night.
  3. 3. noun [天] day
    明日
    tomorrow
  4. 4. noun [每天] every day
    城市面貌日见改善。
    The city looks better and better every day.
  5. 5. noun [泛指一段时间] [pl] days
    往日
    the past
  6. 6. noun [指某一天] day
    生日
    birthday
  7. 7. noun [日本] Japan
    日货
    Japanese goods

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

日 [rì]
  1. 1. noun sun
  2. 2. noun daytime; day
    终日
    all day long; all day
  3. 3. noun day
    一日，老王来我家。
    One day, Lao Wang came to my place.
    多日不见了，你好吗?
    Haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?
    一年有365日。
    连日阴雨，屋里的家具都长霉了。
  4. 4. noun time
    春日
    springtime; spring
    往日时光一去不返。
  5. 5. adverb daily; every day; with each passing day
    产量日增。
    Output is going up every day.
    天气日暖。
    It's getting warmer and warmer.
    目前这种商品的销售量日有增加。
    这几天的气温日有回升。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

日 [rì]
  1. 1. 名 太阳
    旭日东升
    日落西山
    日光
    烈日。
  2. 2. 名 白天,从天亮到天黑的一段时间
    夜以继日
    日班
    日场。
  3. 3. 名 一昼夜，地球自转一周的时间；天
    事隔多日,想不起来了
    今日。
  4. 4. 名 每天;一天天
    日新月异
    日趋完善
    江河日下
    蒸蒸日上。
  5. 5. 名 特指某一天
    生日
    纪念日
    节日。
  6. 6. 名 泛指某一段时间
    往日
    夏日。
  7. 7. 名 指日本国
    日元。
See more results for 日 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

每年的3月15日是消费者权益保护日。
March 15th is Consumer's Right Day. → 消费者
得蒙先生指教，如拨云见日，感激不尽。
You have dispelled the clouds to let me see the sun, sir. I can't say how grateful I am for your advice. → 拨云见日
逢双(单)日开放
open on even (odd) days of the month → 逢
日偏食
partial solar eclipse → 偏食
日全食
total solar eclipse → 日食
股票价格在经历了连续7个交易日的强劲升势之后，于2月10日告跌。
After rising sharply for seven consecutive trading days, stock prices fell on February 10. → 升势
本条例自公布之日起施行。
These regulations come into force upon promulgation. → 施行
日(月)偏食时，有三个食相：初亏、食甚、复圆。
A partial solar (lunar) eclipse goes through three phases: the first contact, the maximum phase, and the last contact. → 食相
是日天气晴朗。
It was fine that day. → 是
吾日三省吾身。
I daily examine myself on three points. → 省
more 79 more results

Stroke Order

play
 Total Strokes: 4
Play

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Ask a Question

Thesaurus

Revised Vocab Lists

This word has been edited
5 times by users.

View

Recently Reviewed Words

help make nciku betterSend Feedback
Content partners 外研社collins