天

The character "天" has 4 strokes. "天" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "天" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "天" are "tiān" . View the stroke order of "天">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "天"

n.: sky; heaven; firmament; God; Heaven; paradise; nature; weather; skies; season; day; day time; a period of time in a day

adj.: natural; inborn; innate; overhead

• sky : n.天；天空；天堂；天国之力
• heaven : n.天堂；天空；神；诸神；与上帝同享永福；极乐世界；天啊
• firmament : n.天；天空；苍穹；苍天；界；领域
• God : n.宇宙的创造者和统治者，精神权威之源；上帝；神；被崇拜的人，被羡慕的人；有影响力的人；顶层楼座；形象，崇拜物；幸运之神；被奉若神明的东西，被认为具有最高价值的东西
• heaven : n.天堂；天空；神；诸神；与上帝同享永福；极乐世界；天啊
• paradise : n.天堂；天国；乐园；伊甸园；福地
• nature : n.大自然；自然界；本质；实质；特性；自然力；自然；本性；自然需要；秉性
• weather : n.天气；自然力；恶劣天气；上风面；向风侧
• skies : n.天空；（sky的复数）
• season : n.季节；季；时节；节期；一段时间；赛季；旺季；当令期；发情期；社交活动时节
• day : n.一天；时期；时代；（Day）人名：戴
• natural : adj.大自然的；自然的；非人为的；天性的；固有的；天然的；有血缘关系的；本位的；物质世界的；非精神的
• inborn : adj.先天的；天生的；生来的
• innate : adj.天生的；生来的；先天的；天赋的
• overhead : adv.在头顶；在上面；在上空

Form words with "天"

天尽头 world's end

鱼鳞天 mackerel sky

云雾天 soupy weather; cloudy and misty weather

百十天 approximately one hundred days

天顶角 zenith angle

天蒙蒙亮起床 get up at daybreak

黑沉沉的天 overcast sky

天蒙蒙黑下班 get off work at dusk

天蒙蒙黑回家 get home at twilight

Example phrases using "天"

• 天已经相当黑了，鸡已回窝上架。

  The sky has darkened considerably by chickens coming home to roost.

• 这么冷的天，穿件大衣也无济于事。

  Putting on an overcoat doesn’t help much in such terrible cold.

• 昨天下午天灰沉沉的，但没有下雨。

  It was overcast yesterday afternoon, but it didn’t rain.

• 他这些天一直在为此事闹情绪。

  He has been in low spirits these days because of this.

• 阴了几天之后，天突然开朗起来了。

  It cleared up suddenly after several days of overcast weather.

• 赶到家时，天已经擦黑儿了。

  We did not get home until sunset.

• 天渐渐变黑，一场倾盆大雨就要来了。

  The sky was blackening and making ready to release a deluge.

• 天擦亮儿的时候他出发了。

  He set off at dawn.

• 利息按每年360天计算。

  The interest is calculated on the basis of 360 days to the year.

• 天时尚早，我去散会儿步。

  It’s still early and I’d love to take a walk.