天 tiān
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tiān
noun
day
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: time
Notes: For example, 昨天 yesterday (CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 2; GHC '天' 7). -
tiān
measure word
day
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: For example, in spoken Chinese, 你帮几天忙好了 'Please help for a few days' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 10) -
tiān
noun
heaven
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: Heaven is understood to be above the human world. For example, 天人合一 'the harmonious oneness of Heaven and humanity' (Yao 2000, p. 140; FE '天' 2, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 8; Kroll 2015 '天' 2). -
tiān
noun
nature
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 天然 (FE '天' 3, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 6; Kroll 2015 '天' 4; GHC '天' 2). -
tiān
noun
sky
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 天空, for example, 蓝天 'blue sky.' (XHW 2016-02-04; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 1, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n, 1; Kroll 2015 '天' 1; GHC '天' 1). -
tiān
noun
weather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 天气 (FE '天' 5, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 5; Kroll 2015 '天' 1a; GHC '天' 6). -
tiān
noun
father; husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 6, p. 276) -
tiān
noun
a necessity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 7, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 9) -
tiān
noun
season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 春天 spring (Guoyu '天' n 4) -
tiān
noun
destiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 富贵在天 wealth and nobility are decided by destiny (Guoyu '天' n 7) -
tiān
adjective
very high; sky high [prices]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '天' adj 2) -
tiān
adverb
very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '天' adv) -
tiān
noun
a deva; a god
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deva, Pai: deva, Japanese: ten, Tibetan: lha; also Sanskrit devī for female deities (BCSD '天', p. 333; BL 'deva'; Kroll 2015 '天' 5; SH '天', p. 143) -
tiān
proper noun
Heaven
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: devaloka; for example, 四天下眾生 'the beings under the four heavens; see 天界 (BCSD '天', p. 333; FGDB '天'; MW 'devaloka'; T 227, Scroll 3 小品般若波羅蜜經; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 266)
Contained in
- 十天仪轨(十天儀軌) Ten Heavens Ritual Manual; Shi Tian Yi Gui
- 遍胜光天(遍勝光天) ābhāsvara deva
- 天神 a deity ; a god; a deity; devatā
- 无罣碍天(無罣礙天) Unimpeded Heaven
- 广善天(廣善天) Subhakrtsna heaven
- 炎摩天 Yama Heaven; Yamadeva
- 违驮天(違馱天) Weituo; Skanda
- 人生本天 Narayana deva
- 雨天华而以供养(雨天華而以供養) rained celestial flowers as an offering
- 化应声天(化應聲天) Paranirmita-Vasavartin Heaven
- 毘沙门天(毘沙門天) Vaisravana; Vessavana; Jambhala
- 种种闻天(種種聞天) Vaisravana
- 昇夜摩天宫(昇夜摩天宮) Rising to the Palace of the Suyama Heaven
- 广目天王(廣目天王) Virupaksa; Deva King of the West
- 龙天乐舞(龍天樂舞) Heaven Dances
- 天衣派 Digambara
- 天童 a divine youth
- 都史陀天 Tusita Heaven
- 心怀天下(心懷天下) A Mind That Embraces the World
- 韦驮天(韋馱天) Weituo tian; Weituo; Skanda
- 丑目天(醜目天) Virupaksa
- 他化自在天 Paranirmita-Vasavartin Heaven; paranirmitavaśavartin
- 增长天王(增長天王) Virudhaka; Deva King of the South
- 吉星明月归天上 白云青松在眼前(吉星明月歸天上 白雲青松在眼前) Auspicious stars and the bright moon belong in the sky; White clouds and green pines are found before your eyes.
- 氷揭罗天(氷揭羅天) Pingala
- 天宽地阔平淡裏 山青水绿有无中(天寬地闊平淡裏 山青水綠有無中) Up in the endless sky, over on borderless land, within simple ordinary life; Green mountains, verdant waters, both nothing and everything.
- 摩醯首罗大自在天王神通化生伎艺天女念诵法(摩醯首羅大自在天王神通化生伎藝天女念誦法) Ritual Invoking Maheśvara’s Magical Transformation of Śṛīdevī; Moxishouluo Dazizaitian Wang Shentong Huasheng Ji Yi Tiannu Niansong Fa
- 四天王寺 Shitennō-ji
Also contained in
摩天楼 、 天体力学 、 天狼星 、 天府 、 见天日 、 天数 、 天文单位 、 中天 、 人造天体 、 春天 、 长白山天池 、 弥天大谎 、 老天 、 天颜 、 暗无天日 、 天秤座 、 不啻天渊 、 天下之忧 、 天地悬隔 、 天地之符 、 朝天 、 捧上天 、 逆天
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 23 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 140
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 138
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 132
- Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 120
- Scroll 39 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 111
- Scroll 20 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 108
- Scroll 46 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 105
- Scroll 38 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 98
- Scroll 53 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 97
- Scroll 44 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 95
Collocations
- 天身 (天身) 後必受天身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
- 处天 (處天) 有想無想處天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 15
- 欲界天 (欲界天) 我欲界天斷滅無餘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 14
- 天及 (天及) 天及世間人 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 9
- 大神天 (大神天) 以天眼見諸大神天各封宅地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 天匠 (天匠) 天匠所造 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
- 智天 (智天) 過色究竟天上有空處智天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 7
- 寿天 (壽天) 阿須倫壽天千歲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 7
- 天初生 (天初生) 彼天初生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 6
- 受天 (受天) 後必受天身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5