白天 (bái tiān)

Character breakdown

• 白 (Bái) · 5 strokes

  Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb or a person's face.

• 天 (tiān) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a person (大) with an emphasized head. Based on the original meaning "head". The meaning later shifted to "top", "high", and "sky".

Example sentences

1. 那时是白天。 — It was daytime.
2. 白天越来越长了。 — The days are getting longer and longer.
3. 他们只在白天工作。 — They work only during the day.
4. 他白天睡觉，晚上工作。 — He sleeps by day and works by night.
5. 我的一个朋友在白天的时候来看我。 — A friend of mine came to see me during the day.

View all 13 example sentences for 白天 →