终日

終日

zhōngrì

adverb #14,466

Meanings

1 all day long
2 the whole day

Characters

end; final; entire; all

Examples

他终日无所事事。

Tā zhōngrì wú suǒ shì shì.

He does nothing all day long.

她终日忙碌，几乎没有休息时间。

Tā zhōngrì mánglù, jīhū méiyǒu xiūxi shíjiān.

She's busy all day long with hardly any time to rest.

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Literary/formal. In everyday speech, 整天 (zhěngtiān) is the standard way to say 'all day.' 终日 appears in written Chinese, news, and set phrases like 终日不休 (working all day without rest).

Stroke Order

终 zhōng

日 rì