天文 (tin1 man4 | tian1 wen2) : astronomy

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天文

tin1 man4

tian1 wen2

astronomy

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,080,000

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

天文

This word has been viewed 1292 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 10th Jul 2005 08:50 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

天 tin1 - sky, heaven
文 man4 man4*1 man6 - written language; literary; civilian

8 compounds containing this word:

天文學 - astronomy
天文台 - observatory; [粵]: slang for a lookout
天文學家 - astronomer
天文數字的捐款 - an astronomical donation
天文物理學 - astrophysics
天文單位 - an Astronomical Unit (AU): 149,567,892 km
香港天文台 - Hong Kong Observatory
Common Formations:
天文物理學家 - an astrophysicist

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天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

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