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Radical
(Bushou)		 大
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Decomp. 一大
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天 tiān day / sky / heaven
Results beginning with 天
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality (abbr. to 津[Jin1])
天空 tiān kōng sky
天使 tiān shǐ angel
天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
天天 tiān tiān every day
天堂 tiān táng paradise / heaven
天气 tiān qì weather
天然 tiān rán natural
天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural
天才 tiān cái talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world / a faraway place
天上 tiān shàng the sky / the heavens
天真 tiān zhēn naive / innocent / artless
天王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
天线 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials
天河 Tiān hé Milky Way / Tianhe District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
天赋 tiān fù gift / innate skill
天啊 tiān a good heavens! / oh my God!
天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
天后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
天价 tiān jià extremely expensive / sky-high price
天籁 tiān lài sounds of nature
天性 tiān xìng nature / innate tendency
天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
天边 tiān biān horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
天文 tiān wén astronomy
天神 tiān shén god / deity
天际 tiān jì horizon
天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak)
天外 Tiān Wài beyond the earth / outer space
天意 tiān yì providence / the Will of Heaven
天国 tiān guó Kingdom of Heaven
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
天府 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty
天平 tiān píng scales (to weigh things)
天魔 tiān mó demonic / devil
天鹅 tiān é swan
天桥 tiān qiáo overhead walkway / pedestrian bridge
天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk
天马 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
天机 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan
天蝎 tiān xiē Scorpio (constellation)
天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven
天书 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
天明 tiān míng dawn / daybreak
天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof
天池 Tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]
天时 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
天尊 tiān zūn (honorific appellation of a deity)
天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span
天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven
天赐 tiān cì bestowed by heaven
天宫 Tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
天体 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body
天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things
天分 tiān fèn natural gift / talent
天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
天蓝 tiān lán sky blue
天秤 Tiān chèng balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2]
天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather)
天帝 Tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor
天坛 Tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
天竺 Tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
天资 tiān zī innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry
天敌 tiān dí predator / natural enemy
天朝 Tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
天灾 tiān zāi natural disaster
天份 tiān fèn variant of 天分[tian1 fen4]
天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism
天呀 tiān ya Heavens! / My goodness!
天象 tiān xiàng meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
天公 tiān gōng heaven / lord of heaven
天职 tiān zhí vocation / duty / mission in life
天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up
天麻 tiān má Gastrodia elata (botany)
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
天伦 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations
天方 Tiān fāng (old) Arabia / Arabian
天谴 tiān qiǎn the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure
天良 tiān liáng conscience
天年 tiān nián natural life span
天险 tiān xiǎn a natural stronghold
天顶 tiān dǐng zenith
天顺 Tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
天择 tiān zé natural selection
天葬 tiān zàng sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice)
天珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
天堑 tiān qiàn natural moat
天棚 tiān péng ceiling / awning
天玑 tiān jī Phecda / Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
天牛 tiān niú Longhorn beetle
天车 tiān chē gantry traveling crane
天球 tiān qiú celestial sphere
天演 tiān yǎn natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
天授 tiān shòu Tenju
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape
天渊 tiān yuān distance between two poles / poles apart
天篷 tiān péng canopy
天沟 tiān gōu (rainwater) gutter
天贝 tiān bèi (loanword) tempeh
天长 Tiān cháng Tianchang, a sub-prefecture-level city in Anhui
天次 tiān cì number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution) / days / occasions
天等 Tiān děng Tiandeng county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi
天灯 tiān dēng sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
天底 tiān dǐ (astronomy) nadir
天电 tiān diàn atmospherics / static
天峨 Tiān é Tian'e county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi
天父 tiān fù Heavenly Father
天罡 Tiān gāng (old) the Big Dipper / (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
天癸 tiān guǐ (TCM) menstruation / period
天汉 Tiān hàn the Milky Way
天旱 tiān hàn drought
天候 tiān hòu weather
天和 tiān hú (mahjong) heavenly hand / a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand
天界 tiān jiè heaven
天峻 Tiān jùn Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
天课 tiān kè zakat
天坑 tiān kēng sinkhole
天量 tiān liàng a staggering number / a mind-boggling amount
天蝼 tiān lóu mole cricket / slang word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa
天禄 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire
天门 Tiān mén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
天哪 tiān na see 天啊[tian1 a5]
天宁 Tiān níng Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
天亲 tiān qīn one's flesh and blood
天趣 tiān qù natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
天全 Tiān quán Tianquan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
天权 tiān quán Megrez / Delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
天儿 tiān r the weather
天人 tiān rén Man and Heaven / celestial being
天山 Tiān shān Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
天枢 Tiān shū Dubhe / Alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
天数 tiān shù number of days / fate / destiny
天水 Tiān shuǐ see 天水市[Tian1shui3 Shi4]
天台 Tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 / in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
天台 tiān tái rooftop
天梯 tiān tī stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
天头 tiān tóu the upper margin of a page
天网 Tiān wǎng Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
天问 Tiān wèn Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem
天心 tiān xīn center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
天璇 tiān xuán Merak / Beta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
天眼 Tiān yǎn nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
天镇 Tiān zhèn Tianzhen county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi
天柱 tiān zhù pillars supporting heaven
Approximate Results for 天
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now
每天 měi tiān every day
昨天 zuó tiān yesterday
一天 yī tiān one day
明天 míng tiān tomorrow
聊天 liáo tiān to chat / to gossip
那天 nà tiān that day / the other day
几天 jǐ tiān several days
当天 dàng tiān the same day
当天 dāng tiān on that day
春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4]
夏天 xià tiān summer / CL:個|个[ge4]
两天 liǎng tiān two days
半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4]
三天 sān tiān three days
冬天 dōng tiān winter / CL:個|个[ge4]
白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4]
整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day
秋天 qiū tiān autumn / CL:個|个[ge4]
蓝天 lán tiān blue sky
上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days)
航天 háng tiān space flight
老天 lǎo tiān God / Heavens
漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday
飞天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
九天 jiǔ tiān the ninth heaven / the highest of the heavens
后天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
全天 quán tiān whole day
先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural
晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day
满天 mǎn tiān whole sky
冲天 chōng tiān to soar / to rocket
五天 wǔ tiān five days
中天 zhōng tiān culmination (astronomy)
露天 lù tiān outdoors / al fresco / in the open
仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards / to look up to the sky
成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time
四天 sì tiān four days
朝天 cháo tiān to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
雨天 yǔ tiān rainy day / rainy weather
改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
阴天 yīn tiān cloudy day / overcast sky
苍天 cāng tiān firmament
隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days
升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
逆天 nì tiān (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order / (coll.) extraordinary / incredible
乐天 lè tiān carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic
西天 Xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism)
参天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
连天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense
摩天 mó tiān skyscraping / towering into the sky
回天 huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation
昊天 hào tiān clear sky
八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days
洞天 dòng tiān paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland
刑天 Xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
梵天 Fàn tiān Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
谈天 tán tiān to chat
黑天 hēi tiān night / nightfall
变天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change
归天 guī tiān to die
伏天 fú tiān see 三伏[san1 fu2]
弥天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky
暑天 shǔ tiān hot (summer) day
终天 zhōng tiān all day long / all one's life
按天 àn tiān daily (law) / per diem
测天 cè tiān to make astronomical observation
顶天 dǐng tiān to reach the upper limit
奉天 Fèng tiān old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 / in modern Liaoning province
寒天 hán tiān chilly weather / (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
胡天 Hú tiān Zoroastrianism
见天 jiàn tiān (coll.) every day
冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season
熏天 xūn tiān overpowering (of a stench)
冶天 Yě tiān ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards
远天 yuǎn tiān heaven / the distant sky
这天 zhè tiān this day
周天 Zhōu tiān Sunday
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第60天  60-day mark
第30天  30-day mark
第15天  15-day mark
第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow
这几天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days
聊天室 liáo tiān shì chat room
前几天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday / CL:個|个[ge4]
前一天 qián yī tiān the day before (an event)
新天地 Xīn tiān dì Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
老天爷 lǎo tiān yé God / Heavens
全天候 quán tiān hòu all-weather
航天员 háng tiān yuán astronaut
任天堂 Rèn tiān táng Nintendo
先天性 xiān tiān xìng congenital / intrinsic / innate
武则天 Wǔ Zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
好半天 hǎo bàn tiān most of the day
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
满天飞 mǎn tiān fēi to rush around everywhere / always active
几天来 jǐ tiān lái for the past few days
大白天 dà bái tiān broad daylight
老半天 lǎo bàn tiān (coll.) a long time
半边天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
艳阳天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day
摩天轮 mó tiān lún Ferris wheel / observation wheel
包青天 bāo qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
礼拜天 Lǐ bài tiān Sunday
航天器 háng tiān qì spacecraft
平天下 píng tiān xià to pacify the country
南天门 Nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
航天局 háng tiān jú space agency
詹天佑 Zhān Tiān yòu Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer
红景天 hóng jǐng tiān roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂
摩天楼 mó tiān lóu skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4]
开天窗 kāi tiān chuāng to leave a blank to mark censored area
信天翁 xìn tiān wēng albatross (family Diomedeidae)
张闻天 Zhāng Wén tiān Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
大后天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
大前天 dà qián tiān three days ago
聊天儿 liáo tiān r erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]
大天鹅 dà tiān é (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
刘天华 Liú Tiān huá Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
陈天华 Chén Tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
浑天仪 hún tiān yí armillary sphere (astronomy)
航天学  astronautics
猴天花  monkeypox
辩才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
冰天窗 bīng tiān chuāng ice skylight / skylight
朝天椒 cháo tiān jiāo chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)
朝天区 Cháo tiān qū Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan
持国天 Chí guó tiān Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
大天花 dài tiān huā variola major
忉利天 dāo lì tiān Trayastrimsa
底朝天 dǐ cháo tiān upside down / upturned
多闻天 Duō wén tiān Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
广目天 Guǎng mù tiān Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings)
鬼天气 guǐ tiān qì awful weather
海青天 Hǎi qīng tiān popular nickname of Hai Rui 海瑞[Hai3 Rui4] (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
核冬天 hé dōng tiān nuclear winter
恨天高 hèn tiān gāo (slang) sky-high heels / ultra-high-heeled shoes
后天性 hòu tiān xìng acquired (characteristic etc)
回南天 huí nán tiān weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China
浑天说 hún tiān shuō geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
金天翮 Jīn Tiān hé Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花[Nie4hai3hua1]
乐天派 lè tiān pài happy-go-lucky people / optimists
两重天 liǎng chóng tiān two entirely different worlds / two contrasting realities
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