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

• 哀求天父 to implore our Heavenly Father
• 天幸 providential good luck; a narrow escape
• 天汉(天漢) the Milky Way
• 天冬酰胺 asparagine (Asn)
• 摩天楼(摩天樓) a skyscraper
• 惊天动地(驚天動地) alarming heaven and shaking the earth; world shaking
• 今天 today ; at the present; now
• 天葬 sky burial
• 普天同庆(普天同慶) everybody celebrating together; universal celebration; universal rejoicing
• 天星码头(天星碼頭) Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
• 归天(歸天) to die
• 平天下 to pacify the country
• 秦并天下(秦並天下) Qin united the empire
• 恩比天大 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
• 雨过天青(雨過天青) sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period; every cloud has a silver lining
• 天道酬勤 Heaven rewards the diligent.
• 聊天儿(聊天兒) to chat
• 天箭座 Sagitta
• 天蝎(天蠍) Scorpio
• 晚半天儿(晚半天兒) late afternoon
• 天启(天啟) for the sky to open ; to receive from Heaven ; Tianqi
• 天涯若比邻(天涯若比鄰) far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away
• 漫天遍地 to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
• 天文学(天文學) astronomy
• 天孙娘娘(天孫娘娘) Goddess of Fertility
• 乳白天空 whiteout
• 天涯 the other end of the world; a far-away place
• 漫天开价(漫天開價) a sky-high opening price
• 天年 natural life span
• 功德天 Laksmi
• 天府 Heavenly province; land of plenty
• 耶稣升天节(耶穌升天節) Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
• 天门冬(天門冬) asparagus
• 挟天子以令天下(挾天子以令天下) (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
• 炼石补天(煉石補天) fashionging blocks of stones, for the repair of the heavens
• 翻天覆地 world-shaking
• 天各一方 (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
• 天中 in the middle of the sky ; a fortunetelling term for a feature on the forehead
• 面朝黄土背朝天(面朝黃土背朝天) face to the ground, back to the sky
• 聊天室 chat room
• 泄漏天机(泄漏天機) to divulge the will of heaven; to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
• 天体物理学家(天體物理學家) astrophysicist
• 数九寒天(數九寒天) nine periods of cold days each after winter solstice
• 天庭 middle of the forehead; imperial court; heaven
• 天赐(天賜) bestowed by heaven ; Tianci reign
• 好天 good weather
• 天假因缘(天假因緣) the destiny granted by Heaven

Also contained in

天长市 、 天等 、 张天翼 、 极光天

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
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 152
• 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
• 天休 (天休) 以承天休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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