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tiān

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tiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tiān | tian1
English translation
day
sky
heaven
sky, heaven; god, celestial

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About tiān

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

tiān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

The heavens  above a man 

Etymology of tiān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

一大

Explanation

Pictograph of a line above a person, representing the sky.

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Example sentences using tiān

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这种 zhè zhǒng 液体 yètǐ tiān Lěng shí 凝结 níng jié kuài xiē .

This liquid gels faster in cold weather.

Jiào le tiān , 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié .

At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.

jiǎng le 半天 bàn tiān , 还是 háishi 糊里糊.

After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser.

zài xià 之前 zhī qián , Hēi yún 使 shǐ 天空 tiānkōng 变得 biàn de 黑暗 hēi àn le .

Thick clouds darkened the sky before the rain fell.

下午 xiàwǔ 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn Lěng le .

It turned chilly in the afternoon.

Words with tiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tiān day tiān
今天 jīntiān today今天 jīntiān
明天 míngtiān tomorrow明天 míngtiān
昨天 zuótiān yesterday昨天 zuótiān
每天 měi tiān every day每天 měi tiān
天气 tiānqì weather天氣
那天 nà tiān that day那天 nà tiān
当天 dāng tiān on that day當天
聊天 liáotiān to chat聊天 liáotiān
天使 tiān shǐ angel天使 tiān shǐ
天天 tiān tiān every day天天 tiān tiān
冬天 dōng tiān winter冬天 dōng tiān
天堂 tiāntáng paradise天堂 tiāntáng
老天 lǎo tiān God老天 lǎo tiān
天下 tiān xià land under heaven天下 tiān xià
夏天 xià tiān summer夏天 xià tiān
整天 zhěng tiān all day long整天 zhěng tiān
天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. jīn 天津 Tiān jīn
天空 tiānkōng sky天空 tiānkōng
白天 bái tiān daytime白天 bái tiān
天才 tiāncái talent天才 tiāncái
天赋 tiānfù gift天賦
天生 tiānshēng nature天生 tiānshēng
第二天 dì èr tiān next day第二天 dì èr tiān
春天 chūn tiān spring (season)春天 chūn tiān

tiān Decomposition & Compounds

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tiān Decomposition

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tiān Compounds

See all 126 Chinese words that contain the character tiān in their composition.

  • tiān
    • Guān
      • sòng
        • xx ,
      • juǎn
        • juān , juàn , quán , quǎn , quán , quān , quán , juǎn , quán , , , , , , , , , quǎn , , , , ,
      • quán
      • Zhèng
      • juàn
        • ,
      • téng
        • téng ,
      • juǎn
        • quān , juǎn
      • téng
      • juàn
      • téng
      • juàn
      • téng
      • juàn
        • yìng , yàng , , , yǎng , ,
      • juàn
        • , , lèi
      • lián , téng , quàn , zhèn , , huàn , guān , chéng , quān , zhèn , téng , shèng , juàn , xiǎng , dài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • zòu
      • , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • hào
    • guǐ
      • kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , què , kuí , , , , , , ,
    • tūn , cán , wěng , xiān , , , , , ,
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