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  1. 1. sun
  2. 2. day
  3. 3. date, day of the month

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Words Containing 日

今日
jīn rì

today

假日
jià rì

holiday

夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì

night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

工作日
gōng zuò rì

workday

平日
píng rì

ordinary day

往日
wǎng rì

former days; the past

改日
gǎi rì

another day

日前
rì qián

the other day

日报
rì bào

daily newspaper

日夜
rì yè

day and night

日子
rì zi

day

日常
rì cháng

day-to-day; daily; everyday

日后
rì hòu

sometime

日复一日
rì fù yī rì

day after day

日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì

daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)

日历
rì lì

calendar

日期
rì qī

date

日用品
rì yòng pǐn

articles for daily use

日益
rì yì

day by day

日程
rì chéng

schedule

日记
rì jì

diary

日语
rì yǔ

Japanese language

日趋
rì qū

(increasing) day by day

早日
zǎo rì

soon; at an early date

旭日
xù rì

the rising sun

明日
míng rì

tomorrow

昔日
xī rì

former days

星期日
xīng qī rì

Sunday

有朝一日
yǒu zhāo yī rì

one day

末日
mò rì

Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)

次日
cì rì

next day

生日
shēng rì

birthday

当日
dāng rì

on that day

当日
dàng rì

that very day

节假日
jié jià rì

public holiday

节日
jié rì

holiday

纪念日
jì niàn rì

day of commemoration

与日俱增
yǔ rì jù zēng

to increase steadily

近日
jìn rì

(in) the past few days

过日子
guò rì zi

to live one's life

风和日丽
fēng hé rì lì

moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime

π日
pài rì

World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year

一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū

one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén

make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)

一日为师,终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū

a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)

一日不如一日
yī rì bù rú yī rì

to be getting worse by the day

一日三餐
yī rì sān cān

to have three meals a day

一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ

lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ

lit. friends for a day (idiom)

七日热
qī rì rè

leptospirosis

不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath

不可终日
bù kě zhōng rì

to be unable to carry on even for a single day

不日
bù rì

within the next few days

不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì

all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice

世界日报
shì jiè rì bào

World Journal, US newspaper

世界末日
shì jiè mò rì

end of the world

世风日下
shì fēng rì xià

public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)

中国日报
zhōng guó rì bào

China Daily (an English language newspaper)

中国航海日
zhōng guó háng hǎi rì

Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[zhèng hé] in 1405 AD

中央日报
zhōng yāng rì bào

Central Daily News

中日
zhōng rì

China-Japan

中日关系
zhōng rì guān xì

Sino-Japanese relations

中日韩
zhōng rì hán

China, Japan and Korea

中日韩统一表意文字
zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì

China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs

中日韩越
zhōng rì hán yuè

China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

主日
zhǔ rì

Sabbath

主日学
zhǔ rì xué

Sunday School

事到今日
shì dào jīn rì

under the circumstances

亡兵纪念日
wáng bīng jì niàn rì

Memorial Day (American holiday)

交易日
jiāo yì rì

(finance) trading day

京郊日报
jīng jiāo rì bào

Beijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018

人民日报
rén mín rì bào

People's Daily (PRC newspaper)

今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

今日头条
jīn rì tóu tiáo

Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app

今时今日
jīn shí jīn rì

this day and age (dialect)

何日
hé rì

when?

佛诞日
fó dàn rì

Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)

来日
lái rì

future days

来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng

the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later

值日
zhí rì

on day duty

值日生
zhí rì shēng

student on duty

做生日
zuò shēng rì

to celebrate a birthday

停战日
tíng zhàn rì

Armistice Day

偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì

to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)

儒略日
rú lüe4 rì

Julian day (astronomy)

光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì

the full light of day (idiom)

光明日报
guāng míng rì bào

Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper

克日
kè rì

to set a date

全日制
quán rì zhì

full-time (schooling, work etc)

全日空
quán rì kōng

All Nippon Airways (ANA)

全民义务植树日
quán mín yì wù zhí shù rì

National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[zhí shù jié]

公休日
gōng xiū rì

public holiday

六日战争
liù rì zhàn zhēng

the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors

冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

冰叶日中花
bīng yè rì zhōng huā

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

出生日期
chū shēng rì qī

date of birth

到期日
dào qī rì

due date; expiry date; maturity date

前日
qián rì

day before yesterday

勃列日涅夫
bó liè rì niè fū

Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982

化日
huà rì

sunlight

北京日报
běi jīng rì bào

Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn

十三日
shí sān rì

thirteenth day of a month

半日制学校
bàn rì zhì xué xiào

half-day (or double-shift) school

半日工作
bàn rì gōng zuò

part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon

即日
jí rì

this or that very day

反日
fǎn rì

anti-Japan

受难日
shòu nàn rì

Good Friday

吉日
jí rì

propitious day

同日
tóng rì

same day

同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)

向日葵
xiàng rì kuí

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

命名日
mìng míng rì

name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)

哈日
hā rì

Japanophile

哈日族
hā rì zú

Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan)

单日
dān rì

on a single day

四川日报
sì chuān rì bào

Sichuan Daily

四日市
sì rì shì

Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan

四日市市
sì rì shì shì

Yokkaichi, city in Mie Prefecture, Japan

国势日衰
guó shì rì shuāi

national decline

国定假日
guó dìng jià rì

national holiday

国庆日
guó qìng rì

national day

国际日期变更线
guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn

international date line

在家千日好,出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán

lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)

均日照
jūn rì zhào

average annual sunshine

夏日
xià rì

summertime

夙日
sù rì

at ordinary times

多日赛
duō rì sài

race of several days

大日如来
dà rì rú lái

Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment

天穿日
tiān chuān rì

a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month

天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ

after a long time (idiom)

太阳日
tài yáng rì

solar day

失效日期
shī xiào rì qī

expiry date (of document)

好日子
hǎo rì zi

auspicious day

如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān

lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)

安息日
ān xī rì

Sabbath

定日
dìng rì

Tingri town and county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet

定日县
dìng rì xiàn

Tingri county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

对日
duì rì

(policy etc) towards Japan

小日子
xiǎo rì zi

simple life

小日本
xiǎo rì běn

(derog.) Japanese person

尼日利亚
ní rì lì yà

Nigeria

尼日尔
ní rì ěr

Niger (African state)

尼日尔河
ní rì ěr hé

Niger River of West Africa

工人日报
gōng rén rì bào

Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949

巴吞鲁日
bā tūn lǔ rì

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana

布鲁日
bù lǔ rì

Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium

平常日
píng cháng rì

weekday

年均日照
nián jūn rì zhào

average annual sunshine

度日
dù rì

to pass one's days

度日如年
dù rì rú nián

a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy

广州日报
guǎng zhōu rì bào

Guangzhou Daily

后日
hòu rì

the day after tomorrow

忌日
jì rì

anniversary of a death

念日
niàn rì

memorial day

爱耳日
ài ěr rì

Ear Care Day (March 3)

成日
chéng rì

all day long

截止日
jié zhǐ rì

deadline; cut-off date

抗日
kàng rì

to resist Japan (esp. during WW2)

抗日战争
kàng rì zhàn zhēng

(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)

抗日救亡团体
kàng rì jiù wáng tuán tǐ

Save the Nation anti-Japanese organization

抗日救亡运动
kàng rì jiù wáng yùn dòng

the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变

拉格朗日
lā gé lǎng rì

Lagrange (name)

指日可待
zhǐ rì kě dài

imminent

按日
àn rì

daily (law)

拨云见日
bō yún jiàn rì

lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice

择日
zé rì

to fix a date (for an event)

择日不如撞日
zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)

择日子
zhái rì zi

to pick an auspicious day

整日
zhěng rì

all day long

新华日报
xīn huá rì bào

Xinhua Daily newspaper

既有今日何必当初
jì yǒu jīn rì hé bì dāng chū

see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]

日中
rì zhōng

Japan-China

日久弥新
rì jiǔ mí xīn

see 歷久彌新|历久弥新[lì jiǔ mí xīn]

日久岁深
rì jiǔ suì shēn

to last for an eternity (idiom)

日久生情
rì jiǔ shēng qíng

familiarity breeds fondness (idiom)

日人
rì rén

Japanese person; the Japanese

日人民报
rì rén mín bào

(vulgar) derogatory name (in which 日[rì] means 肏[cào]) for the \People's Daily\ 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào]

日你妈
rì nǐ mā

see 肏你媽|肏你妈[cào nǐ mā]

日来
rì lái

in the past few days

日俄战争
rì é zhàn zhēng

the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan

日偏食
rì piān shí

partial eclipse of the sun

日元
rì yuán

Japanese yen (unit of currency)

日光
rì guāng

sunlight

日光浴
rì guāng yù

sunbathing

日光浴室
rì guāng yù shì

sun room

日光浴浴床
rì guāng yù yù chuáng

sunbed

日光灯
rì guāng dēng

fluorescent light

日光节约时
rì guāng jié yuē shí

daylight saving time

日内
rì nèi

in a few days

日内瓦
rì nèi wǎ

Geneva, Switzerland

日全食
rì quán shí

total eclipse of the sun

日冕
rì miǎn

corona

日冕层
rì miǎn céng

the sun's corona

日出
rì chū

sunrise

日出而作,日入而息
rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī

lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)

日刊
rì kān

daily (publication)

日化
rì huà

(linguistics) to rhotacize

日南郡
rì nán jùn

Han dynasty province in Vietnam

日喀则
rì kā zé

Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet