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HSK 1
天
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上天
shàngtiān
Heaven
中天
zhōngtiān
culmination (astronomy)
九天
jiǔtiān
the Ninth Heaven
今天
jīntiān
today
仰天
yǎngtiān
to face upwards
伏天
fútiān
the hottest period of the year
先天
xiāntiān
inborn
全天
quántiān
whole day
冬天
dōngtiān
winter
冶天
Yětiān
ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards
冷天
lěngtiān
cold weather
刑天
Xíngtiān
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor [[黃帝|黄帝<Huángdì>]]
前天
qiántiān
the day before yesterday
升天
shēngtiān
lit. to ascend to heaven
半天
bàntiān
half of the day
参天
cāntiān
reach high to the sky
回天
huítiān
lit. to reverse the rotation of the sky
夏天
xiàtiān
summer
天上
tiānshàng
celestial
天下
tiānxià
land under heaven
Example Sentences (10)
早上听新闻说明天有一个叫“地球一小时”的活动，你对这个活动了解吗？
Zǎoshàng tīng xīnwén shuō míngtiān yǒu yígè jiào "dìqiú yī xiǎoshí" de huódòng, nǐ duì zhège huódòng liǎojiě ma?
This morning I heard on the news that there will be an event called "Earth Hour" tomorrow, do you know about this event?
Text 3
这两天怎么没看见小张？
Zhè liǎng tiān zěnme méi kànjiàn Xiǎo Zhāng?
How come I haven't seen Xiao Zhang these past two days?
Text 4
这里的天不太好，下雨了。
Zhè lǐ de tiān bú tài hǎo, xià yǔ le.
The weather here isn't very good. It's raining.
Text 1
这两天有点儿累，不去打球了。
Zhè liǎng tiān yǒu diǎnr lèi, bù qù dǎ qiú le.
I've been a bit tired these past two days; I'm not going to play ball.
Text 3
因为这个世界很大，“天外有天，人外有人”，很可能有人在这方面比你更厉害。
Yīnwèi zhège shìjiè hěn dà, " tiānwài yǒu tiān, rénwài yǒu rén", hěn kěnéng yǒu rén zài zhè fāngmiàn bǐ nǐ gèng lìhài.
Because this world is very big, "there is always a higher sky and someone better," it is very likely that someone is better than you in this area.
Text 5
原来寄信需要好几天，现在连邮局都不用去，只要在家里上网发个电子邮件，用不了一分钟，远处的朋友就能收到，比写信封用的时间都短。
Yuánlái jì xìn xūyào hǎo jǐ tiān, xiànzài lián yóujú dōu bùyòng qù, zhǐyào zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng fā gè diànzǐ yóujiàn, yòng bù liǎo yì fēnzhōng, yuǎnchù de péngyǒu jiù néng shōudào, bǐ xiě xìnfēng yòng de shíjiān dōu duǎn.
It used to take several days to mail a letter. Now you don’t even need to go to the post office; just go online at home and send an email; it takes less than a minute, and friends far away can receive it, which is even shorter than the time spent addressing an envelope.
Text 5
有一天，他在小区门口看到一个租房子的广告。
Yǒu yì tiān, tā zài xiǎoqū ménkǒu kàn dào yí gè zū fángzi de guǎnggào.
One day, he saw a rental ad at the entrance of the residential complex.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 77
- Word Frequency Rank
- 221 of 84,292