Chinese Notes

天 tiān

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)

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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

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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