天 tiān

1. tiān noun day
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: time
   Notes: For example, 昨天 yesterday (CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 2; GHC '天' 7).
2. tiān measure word day
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: For example, in spoken Chinese, 你帮几天忙好了 'Please help for a few days' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 10)
3. tiān noun heaven
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: Heaven is understood to be above the human world. For example, 天人合一 'the harmonious oneness of Heaven and humanity' (Yao 2000, p. 140; FE '天' 2, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 8; Kroll 2015 '天' 2).
4. tiān noun nature
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 天然 (FE '天' 3, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 6; Kroll 2015 '天' 4; GHC '天' 2).
5. tiān noun sky
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: In the sense of 天空, for example, 蓝天 'blue sky.' (XHW 2016-02-04; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 1, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n, 1; Kroll 2015 '天' 1; GHC '天' 1).
6. tiān noun weather
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 天气 (FE '天' 5, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 5; Kroll 2015 '天' 1a; GHC '天' 6).
7. tiān noun father; husband
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '天' 6, p. 276)
8. tiān noun a necessity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '天' 7, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 9)
9. tiān noun season
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 春天 spring (Guoyu '天' n 4)
10. tiān noun destiny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 富贵在天 wealth and nobility are decided by destiny (Guoyu '天' n 7)
11. tiān adjective very high; sky high [prices]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '天' adj 2)
12. tiān adverb very
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '天' adv)

Contained in

• 天地长(天地長) heaven and earth are everlasting
• 贤天子(賢天子) sage Son of Heaven
• 乐天知命(樂天知命) to be content with what one is
• 浑天说(渾天說) geocentric theory
• 昨天下午 yesterday afternoon
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 先天 inborn; innate; natural ; Xiantian
• 天意 the Will of Heaven ; the Will of the Emperor
• 人算不如天算 God's plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
• 那天 that day; the other day
• 天幸 providential good luck; a narrow escape
• 天方 Arabia; Arabian
• 天哪 Good gracious!; For goodness sake!
• 吉人自有天报(吉人自有天報) a good person will naturally be rewarded
• 天体物理(天體物理) astrophysics
• 月黑天 the dark; night
• 架海擎天 to support the ocean and hold up the sky
• 扫除天下(掃除天下) to sweep away evil; to purge (the world of crime)
• 掀天 as tall as the sky; towering
• 测天(測天) to make astronomical observation
• 朝天椒 chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)
• 天择(天擇) natural selection
• 浊臭熏天(濁臭熏天) stinks to high heaven
• 天牛 Longhorn beetle
• 天然橡胶(天然橡膠) natural rubber
• 上半天 morning
• 天体(天體) a celestial body; a heavenly body ; nude body
• 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
• 天经地义(天經地義) right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
• 白天 daytime
• 天琴星座 Lyra
• 天演论(天演論) the theory of evolution
• 天冷 cold weather
• 天天 every day
• 漫天要价(漫天要價) to ask for sky-high prices
• 天气预报(天氣預報) weather forecast
• 天汉(天漢) the Milky Way
• 鸡犬升天(雞犬升天) poultry and dogs rise to Heaven; to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
• 回天无力(回天無力) unable to turn around a hopeless situation; to fail to save the situation
• 天下豪富 rich and powerful people throughout the land
• 露天 outdoors
• 天无绝人之路(天無絕人之路) Heaven never bars one's way; don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.

Also contained in

文天祥 、 史天泽 、 中国天主教爱国会 、 天督 、 中国航天工业公司 、 陈天华 、 武则天 、 天桥立 、 天顺

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 222
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 201
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 176
• 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 152
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 152
• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 137
• 卷六十八 志第二十一 律曆一 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Measures and Calendar 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 118
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 108
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 107
• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 106

Collocations

• 天降 (天降) 天降滔德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 14
• 维天 (維天) 維天有漢 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧大東 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Da Dong — count: 6
• 致天 (致天) 致天之屆 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 5
• 在天 (在天) 三星在天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧綢繆 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Chou Mo — count: 5
• 天休 (天休) 以承天休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 5
• 受天 (受天) 受天百祿 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧天保 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Tian Bao — count: 5
• 天罚 (天罰) 奉將天罰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 4
• 天保 (天保) 天保 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧天保 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Tian Bao — count: 4
• 行天 (行天) 今予惟恭行天之罰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓（伪） Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 4
• 戾天 (戾天) 其飛戾天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 4