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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[tiān]
  1. 1. noun [天空] sky
    鸽子在上飞。
    Pigeons were flying in the sky.
  2. 2. noun [一昼夜] day
    yesterday
    他3后回来。
    He'll come back in three days' time.
  3. 3. noun [一段时间]
    五更
    before dawn
    还早呢。
    It's still so early.
  4. 4. noun [季节] season
    autumn (英)
  5. 5. noun [季节] fall (美)
  6. 6. noun [天气] weather
    overcast weather
    很热。
    It's a very hot day.
  7. 7. noun [自然] nature
    人定胜
    Man can conquer nature.
  8. 8. noun [造物主] God
    知道!
    God knows!
  9. 9. noun [神的住所] Heaven
    上西
    pass away
  10. 10. adjective [指位于顶部的] overhead
    overhead walkway

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[tiān]
  1. 1. noun the sky; the heavens
    蓝蓝的上飘着朵朵白云。
    太阳一出满红。
    The sky is aglow with the rising sun.
    明朗的
    a clear sky
  2. 2. noun day
    前我就知道这个消息了。
    一连下了好几雨。
    长夜短。
    In summer the days are long and the nights short.
    开学第二
    on the second day of the new term
    every day
  3. 3. noun a period of time in a day
    黑了,起风了。
    已经三更了,你咋还不睡觉?
    不早啦。
    It's getting late.
    五更
    around four in the morning
  4. 4. noun season
    出汗多,要勤洗澡。
    the cold season; cold days
    来了,春也就不远了。
  5. 5. noun weather
    雨过晴,出彩虹了。
    冷我不怕,我就怕热。
    下雪,你就别出去跑步了。
    晴了,咱们走吧。
    It's cleared up now. Let's go.
    越来越冷了。
    It's getting colder and colder.
    下雨
    wet (or rainy) weather
    真是一个大晴
  6. 6. noun nature
    人定胜
    Man can conquer nature; Man will triumph over nature.
  7. 7. noun God; Heaven
    你指发誓也没用。
    晓得他这场比赛能不能赢。
    哪!
    Good Heavens!
    知道!
    God knows!
  8. 8. adjective natural; inborn; innate
    natural instincts; nature
  9. 9. adjective overhead
    overline bridge; platform bridge; overhead walkway
  10. 10. measure word day
    工人已经罢了三工了。
    The workers have been on strike for three days now.
    瓶中的玫瑰花已经开了三四,色泽变得越来越暗了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[tiān]
  1. 1. 日月星辰罗列的空间;
    上飘着白云。
    昏地暗。
  2. 2. 迷信指世界的主宰者
    命。
    意。
    机。
    条。
  3. 3. 宗教或神话中指神、佛、仙人居住的地方
    国。
    堂。
  4. 4. 自然界
    人定胜
    灾人祸。
  5. 5. 自来就有的;生的
    资。
    堑。
    性。
  6. 6. 气候;
    很热。
    旱。
  7. 7. 季节;时令
    三九
    黄梅
  8. 8. 时间法定计量单位,地球自转一周的时间为1,等于24小时;也指一个白的时间,也说日。
    过了几
    两夜。
  9. 9. 指一里某一段时间
    不早了,赶紧走吧。
    晌午
    三更
  10. 10. 位置在上面的;架在空中的
    车。
    窗。
    桥。

Examples

好我们也干,不好我们也干。
We never stop working, rain or shine. 也…也…
我打算带儿子去参观一下文馆, 让他增长一些文学知识。
I'm planning to take my son to the planetarium so that he will learn something about astronomy. 天文馆
夕阳映红了半边
The setting sun tinted half of the sky with a reddish hue. or Half the sky shone red in the glow of the sunset. 半边天
走到半路,就黑了。
We had got only halfway when it began to get dark. 半路
车开不久,便亮了。
It was light soon after the train had started. 便
苍苍,野茫茫。
The sky is blue, blue; and the steppe wide, wide. 苍苍
吵翻了
kick up a terrific row
已大亮。
It's already broad daylight.
渐渐地冷了。
The weather is getting cold.
不管多么冷,他都坚持户外锻炼。
However cold it was, he never stopped taking outdoor exercise. 多么

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