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天

tiān

HSK 1 Character

What 天 means

1. day
2. sky
3. heaven

Example sentences

• 春天了
  Chūntiān le
  It's spring.
• 天哪！
  Gosh!
• 天啊！
  My goddess!
• 天很冷。
  It's cold.
• 明天见。
  See you tomorrow.
• 明天见！
  See you tomorrow.

Words starting with 天

• 天气tiān qìweather
• 天空tiān kōngsky
• 天真tiān zhēnnaive; innocent; artless
• 天下tiān xiàland under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China
• 天堂tiān tángparadise; heaven
• 天才tiān cáitalent; gift; genius
• 天生tiān shēngnature; disposition; innate
• 天文tiān wénastronomy
• 天然气tiān rán qìnatural gas
• 天伦之乐tiān lún zhī lèfamily love and joy; domestic bliss
• 天地tiān dìheaven and earth; world; scope
• 天津Tiān jīnTianjin municipality (short name 津
• 天上tiān shàngthe sky; the heavens
• 天使tiān shǐangel
• 天安门Tiān ān ménTiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
• 天然tiān ránnatural
• 天涯tiān yáthe other end of the world; a faraway place
• 天亮tiān liàngto grow light (at daybreak)
• 天色tiān sècolor of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather
• 天黑tiān hēito get dark; dusk
• 天赋tiān fùgift; innate skill
• 天花板tiān huā bǎnceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
• 天性tiān xìngnature; innate tendency
• 天桥tiān qiáooverhead walkway; pedestrian bridge

Words containing 天

• 今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
• 昨天zuó tiānyesterday
• 明天míng tiāntomorrow
• 每天měi tiānevery day
• 那天nà tiānthat day; the other day
• 聊天liáo tiānto chat; to gossip
• 礼拜天Lǐ bài tiānSunday
• 航天háng tiānspace flight
• 成天chéng tiān(colloquial) all day long; all the time
• 得天独厚dé tiān dú hòublessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
• 夏天xià tiānsummer
• 冬天dōng tiānwinter
• 半天bàn tiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while
• 白天bái tiāndaytime; during the day; day
• 当天dāng tiānon that day
• 春天chūn tiānspring (season)
• 整天zhěng tiānall day long; whole day
• 秋天qiū tiānautumn
• 星期天Xīng qī tiānSunday
• 这天zhè tiānthis day
• 前几天qián jǐ tiāna few days ago; a few days before; the past few days
• 蓝天lán tiānblue sky
• 前天qián tiānthe day before yesterday
• 上天shàng tiānHeaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards

Characters that look like 天

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 犬quǎn(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read tiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 添to add; to increase; to replenish
• 黇used in 黇鹿
• 靔old variant of 天
• 兲variant of 天