The Chinese word for sky is
天空
tiānkōng
Translations for sky and their definitions
| 天空 | |
| 1. n. sky; heavens; firmament | |
| 美好 時光 是 那樣 的 短暫， 宛若 天空 滑 過 的 流星 般 轉瞬即逝。 - Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant. | |
| 2. adj. (literary, of the sky) open and vast |
| 天 | |
| 1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial | |
| 天空 - sky - | |
| 天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | |
| 2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | |
| 上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven - | |
| 天意 - Heaven's will - | |
| 3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | |
| 天主 - God - | |
| 老天 - god - | |
| 我 的 天 啊！ - Oh my God! - | |
| 天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | |
| 4. top; overhead | |
| 天橋 - footbridge - | |
| 天窗 - sunroof - | |
| 5. weather; climate | |
| 天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | |
| 如果 天 晴，我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | |
| 6. day (24 hours) | |
| 今天 - today - | |
| 明天 - tomorrow - | |
| 三 天 - three days - | |
| 7. day (as opposed to night) | |
| 白天 - daytime - | |
| 三 天 兩 夜 - three days and two nights - | |
| 8. period of time in a day | |
| 五更天 - just before dawn - | |
| 天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | |
| 9. season | |
| 春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | |
| 黃梅天 - rainy season - | |
| 10. nature | |
| 天災 - natural disaster - | |
| 11. natural; innate | |
| 天生 - innate - | |
| 天性 - nature, personality - | |
| 天才 - genius - |
| 天色 | |
| 1. n. color of the sky | |
| 2. n. time of day | |
| 3. n. (regional) weather |
| 天气 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 天氣 |
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