夜行性

yèxíngxìng

adjective

Meanings

HSK 7-9

猫头鹰是夜行性的鸟。

Māotóuyīng shì yèxíngxìng de niǎo.

The owl is a nocturnal bird.

HSK 7-9

仓鼠是夜行性的，白天总在睡觉，晚上却在笼子里跑个不停。

Cāngshǔ shì yèxíngxìng de, báitian zǒng zài shuìjiào, wǎnshang què zài lóngzi lǐ pǎo ge bùtíng.

Hamsters are nocturnal: they sleep all day but run around their cage all night.

usage

The set is 夜行性 "nocturnal", 昼行性 "diurnal" and 晨昏性 "crepuscular". Each goes before a noun, as in 夜行性动物 "nocturnal animal", or inside 是...的.

夜 yè

行 xíng

性 xìng