一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn — all day long; the whole day

Meanings

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   all day long; the whole day

   all day long; the whole day

   expression

Character breakdown

• 天

  tiān (first tone, high and level)

  sky, heaven; day; weather (天气)

  4 strokes⿱一大Radical 大
• 到

  dào (fourth tone, falling)

  to arrive, to reach, to get to; to go to; up to, until; (as a verb complement) successfully

  8 strokes⿰至刂Radical 刀

Words containing 天

• 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
• 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
• 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
• 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
• 天气/天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
• 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
• 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
• 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
• 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
• 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
• 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
• 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
• 当天/當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
• 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
• 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
• 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
• 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
• 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature

Words containing 到

• 到dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive, to get to
• 看到kàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
• 找到zhǎo (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to find
• 得到dé (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to get
• 见到/見到jiàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
• 想到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to think of
• 感到gǎn (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to feel; to sense; to perceive
• 做到zuò (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to accomplish
• 受到shòu (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
• 听到/聽到tīng (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to hear
• 来到/來到lái (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive; to come
• 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
• 遇到yùdào (fourth tone, falling)to run into, to bump into (by chance)
• 收到shōu (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
• 达到/達到dá (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to reach
• 直到zhí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)until
• 接到jiē (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive (letter etc)
• 到底dàodǐ (fourth tone, falling)after all, when it comes down to it; (in questions) just what/who/why…