天 tiān

  1. tiān noun day
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: time 时间
    Notes: For example, in spoken Chinese, 你帮几天忙好了 'Please help for a few days.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176) A measure word cannot be used with this noun. 天 is also used in literary Chinese in this sense (GHC '天' 7).
  2. tiān measure word day
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
  3. tiān noun heaven / Heavenly Realm
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion 宗教
    Notes: For example, 天人合一 'the harmonious oneness of Heaven and humanity.' (Yao 2000, p. 140; Kroll 2015 '天' 2) Heaven is understood to be above the human world. For example, 四天下眾生 'the beings under the four heavens (T 227, Scroll 3 《小品般若波羅蜜經》). FGS translation standard: Heavenly Realm (Faxiang).
  4. tiān noun a deva / a god
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion 宗教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deva (male), devī (female), same in Pali (BL 'deva'; Kroll 2015 '天' 5)
  5. tiān noun nature
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 天然 (Kroll 2015 '天' 4; GHC '天' 2).
  6. tiān noun sky
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature 大自然
    Notes: For example, 蓝天 'blue sky.' (XHW 2016-02-04) 天 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '天' 1; GHC '天' 1).
  7. tiān noun weather
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 天气 (Kroll 2015 '天' 1a; GHC '天' 6).

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星期天 、 礼拜天 、 聊天 、 天津 、 天安门 、 人天

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