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
• 回天乏术(回天乏術) unable to turn around a hopeless situation; to fail to save the situation
• 真龙天子(真龍天子) an analogy for the Emperor
• 天主教会(天主教會) the Catholic church
• 重睹天日 to see the light again; delivered from oppression
• 浑天仪(渾天儀) armillary sphere
• 补天(補天) to repair heaven ; to repair a natural area
• 八十天环游地球(八十天環遊地球) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• 天城体(天城體) Devanagari
• 日本天皇 Emperor of Japan
• 人定胜天(人定勝天) man can conquer nature; human wisdom can prevail over nature
• 天差地远(天差地遠) poles apart; entirely different
• 如日中天 at the peak of one's prestige
• 青天白日 in broad daylight; in the middle of the day ; a white sun on a blue background
• 回天 to reverse the rotation of the sky; to reverse a desperate situation
• 天南地北 distant places; all over the country; (to talk) about this and that
• 露天 outdoors
• 天神 a deity
• 天造地设(天造地設) made by Heaven and arranged by Earth; ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven
• 连天(連天) reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly
• 霜天 freezing weather; frosty sky
• 马天尼(馬天尼) Martini
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 乳白天空 whiteout
• 王承天意 the king performs the will of Heaven
• 天妇罗(天婦羅) tempura; deep-fried cooking
• 一个天南，一个地北(一個天南，一個地北) to live miles apart
• 知天知地 know Heaven and earth
• 天冬酰胺 asparagine (Asn)
• 插天 jutting into the sky
• 天平动(天平動) libration
• 天女 a goddess ; emperor's daugther ; Vega ; a swallow
• 暗无天日(暗無天日) all black, no daylight; a world without justice
• 罗马天主教(羅馬天主教) Roman Catholic
• 天干 the ten heavenly trunks; Heavenly Stems
• 天网恢恢，疏而不失(天網恢恢，疏而不失) 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
• 天牛 Longhorn beetle
• 间两天(間兩天) every third day
• 天趣 natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
• 先天性缺陷 birth defect
• 天地之行 heaven and earth's conduct
• 漫天遍野 to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
• 先天愚型 Down syndrome; trisomy 21
• 当天(當天) that day; the same day
• 满天(滿天) whole sky

Also contained in

欧洲航天局 、 奉天 、 天祚帝 、 天宁区 、 天峻 、 天永

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
• 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
• 天休 (天休) 以承天休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — 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
• 配天 (配天) 故推以配天焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧生民 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Sheng Min — 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