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

• 满天繁星(滿天繁星) whole sky, a multitude of stars
• 一天 one day ; on a particular day ; the whole sky ; as big as the sky; very large
• 星期天 Sunday
• 三伏天 three periods hottest periods of summer
• 天底 nadir
• 顺应天时(順應天時) going with nature and the seasons
• 唯恐天下不乱(唯恐天下不亂) to wish for the whole world to be in chaos
• 冰天雪窖 ice-cold weather and snow underground; freezing cold weather
• 天权(天權) delta Ursae Majoris
• 天竺鼠 guinea pig; cavy
• 包打天下 to run everything; to monopolize the whole business; not allow anyone else to have a look in
• 冷天 cold weather; cold season
• 天文家 astronomer
• 拜科努尔航天发射基地(拜科努爾航天發射基地) Baikonur Cosmodrome
• 一天一个样(一天一個樣) to change from day to day
• 滔天大罪 heinous crime
• 怨天载道(怨天載道) cries of complaint fill the roads; complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced
• 终天(終天) all day long; all one's life
• 上半天 morning
• 威振天下 to inspire awe everywhere
• 天壤之别(天壤之別) as different as sky and earth; night and day difference; opposite extremes; a world of difference
• 天然呆 muddleheaded
• 天地之行 heaven and earth's conduct
• 天容 the color of the sky ; the complexion of the emperor
• 元始天尊 Yuanshi Tianzun; Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning
• 天女 a goddess ; emperor's daugther ; Vega ; a swallow
• 遮天蔽日 hiding the sky and covering the earth; earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
• 天相吉人 heaven helps good people
• 晴天 clear sky; sunny day
• 天下无难事，只怕有心人(天下無難事，只怕有心人) nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set
• 天球 celestial sphere
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 捧到天上 to hold up to the skies; to praise lavishly
• 伤天害理(傷天害理) atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts
• 天穿日 a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
• 臭气冲天(臭氣沖天) to stink to high heaven
• 天帝 Heavenly Emperor; God
• 紫金山天文台 Purple Mountain Observatory
• 先天愚型 Down syndrome; trisomy 21
• 天大 gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous

Also contained in

天镇 、 义理之天 、 俞天白 、 吴天明 、 魔天 、 天复 、 用命天皇 、 天峨 、 毘楼勒天 、 聊天 、 天治

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: 218
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 197
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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