天 (tin1 | tian1) : sky, heaven

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天

tin1

tian1

/tin1/
[1] sky, Tian [2] top of one's head [3] nature, natural

[國]:/tian1/
[n] day

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

天

Don't confuse with:
夭夫

This word has been viewed 33795 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Jun 2010 19:19

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天經地義 tin1 ging1 dei6 ji6 tian1 jing1 di4 yi4 = (in line with what's) right and proper

白天 baak6 tin1 bai2 tian1 = daytime 國

天地 tin1 dei6 tian1 di4 = the world, universe

天天 tin1 tin1 tian1 tian1 = everyday 國

天氣 tin1 hei3 tian1 qi4 = weather

夏天 haa6 tin1 xia4 tian1 = summer

每天 mui5 tin1 mei3 tian1 = every day, each day 國

星期天 sing1 kei4 tin1 xing1 qi1 tian1 (PRC), xing1 qi2 tian1 (Taiwan) = Sunday 國

冬天 dung1 tin1 dong1 tian1 = winter

秋天 cau1 tin1 qiu1 tian1 = fall; autumn
See all 434 compounds (CantoDict reports 448 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 31 examples containing 天

一個星期有七天。
There are seven days in a week.

北京的天氣怎麼樣？國
How's the weather in Beijing?

今日天氣好好。粵
Today's weather is nice.

北京嗰度嘅天氣點樣？粵
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
[The 嗰度 is optional.]

當天應該得七歲。粵
That day, I think I was only seven.

昨天已經決定了。國
It was already decided yesterday.

冬天通常又凍又落雪。粵
It is usually cold and snowing in winter.

晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

你覺得聖誕節當天會不會下雪？國
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

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