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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
    太阳一出满红。
    The sky is aglow with the rising sun.
    明朗的
    a clear sky
  2. 2. noun day
    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
    不早啦。
    It's getting late.
    五更
    around four in the morning
  4. 4. noun season
    the cold season; cold days
  5. 5. noun weather
    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
  6. 6. noun nature
    人定胜
    Man can conquer nature; Man will triumph over nature.
  7. 7. noun God; Heaven
    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.

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.
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.
走到半路,就黑了。
We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.
车开不久,便亮了。
It was light soon after the train had started.
苍苍,野茫茫。
The sky is blue, blue; and the steppe wide, wide.
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.
一放晴咱们就开镰收麦子。
We'll begin harvesting the wheat as soon as it clears up.

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