天 tiān
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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). -
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) -
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). -
tiān
noun
a deva / a god
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deva (male), devī (female), same in Pali (BL 'deva'; Kroll 2015 '天' 5) -
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). -
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). -
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). -
tiān
noun
father / husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 6, p. 276) -
tiān
noun
a necessity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 7, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 9) -
tiān
noun
season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 春天 spring (Guoyu '天' n 4) -
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) -
tiān
proper noun
Heavenly Realm
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: 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 (Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 266). -
tiān
adjective
very high / sky high [prices]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '天' adj 2) -
tiān
adverb
very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '天' adv)
Contained in
- 天城文 Devanagari
- 地角天涯 the ends of the earth
- 漫天遍地 to fill the whole sky and cover the land / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
- 事天 to serve Heaven
- 天边(天邊) horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
- 天网恢恢,疏而不漏(天網恢恢,疏而不漏) heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
- 航天 space flight
- 逆天 to be in defiance of the natural order
- 撑天拄地(撐天拄地) to hold up the sky and support the earth
- 好好学习,天天向上(好好學習,天天向上) study hard and every day you will improve
- 江天 river and sky
- 皇天不负苦心人(皇天不負苦心人) Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries . If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
- 浪迹天涯(浪跡天涯) to roam far and wide / to travel the world
- 天师(天師) Taoist master
- 天线(天線) an aerial / an antenna
- 满天(滿天) whole sky
- 天趣 natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
- 长天(長天) a long day ; a whole day
- 震天价响(震天價響) an earth-shaking noise
- 乐天(樂天) carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic ; Le Tian
- 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
- 掀天斡地 earth shattering
- 远天(遠天) heaven / the distant sky
- 天仙子 henbane / black henbane / stinking nightshade
- 花天酒地 to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure / to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery
- 黑脚信天翁(黑腳信天翁) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
- 天主教会(天主教會) the Catholic church
- 天下没有不散的筵席(天下沒有不散的筵席) all good things must come to an end
- 开天窗(開天窗) to leave a blank to mark censored area
- 悲天悯人(悲天憫人) to be distressed at the state of the world and pity the fate of mankind
- 天儿(天兒) the weather
- 天珠 dzi bead
- 应天承运(應天承運) to respond to heaven and suit the times / to rule according to the will of heaven
- 鍊石补天(鍊石補天) fashionging blocks of stones, for the repair of the heavens
- 天颜(天顏) the emperor's facial expression
- 蓝天(藍天) blue sky
- 天坛(天壇) Temple of Heaven ; temple for offerings to Heaven
Also contained in
圣天菩萨 、 奉天 、 第一义天 、 做一日和尚撞一天钟 、 无热天 、 天台 、 阿波嘬罗遮天 、 兜率多天 、 三光天子 、 北方多闻天王 、 黑奴吁天录 、 浙江天台县 、 无量净天 、 天妃宫
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: 219
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 198
- 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: 139
- 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: 117
- 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
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 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
- 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: 6
- 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
- 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
- 天威 (天威) 肅將天威 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 5
- 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
- 天作 (天作) 天作 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧天作 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Tian Zuo — count: 4
- 戾天 (櫪天) 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