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天 tiān

tiān noun day
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: time
Notes: For example, 昨天 yesterday (CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 2; GHC '天' 7).
tiān measure word day
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: For example, in spoken Chinese, 你帮几天忙好了 'Please help for a few days' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 4, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 10)
tiān noun heaven
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: Heaven is understood to be above the human world. For example, 天人合一 'the harmonious oneness of Heaven and humanity' (Yao 2000, p. 140; FE '天' 2, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 8; Kroll 2015 '天' 2).
tiān noun nature
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 天然 (FE '天' 3, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 6; Kroll 2015 '天' 4; GHC '天' 2).
tiān noun sky
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 天空, for example, 蓝天 'blue sky.' (XHW 2016-02-04; CC-CEDICT '天'; FE '天' 1, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n, 1; Kroll 2015 '天' 1; GHC '天' 1).
tiān noun weather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 天气 (FE '天' 5, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 5; Kroll 2015 '天' 1a; GHC '天' 6).
tiān noun father; husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 6, p. 276)
tiān noun a necessity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '天' 7, p. 276; Guoyu '天' n 9)
tiān noun season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 春天 spring (Guoyu '天' n 4)
tiān noun destiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 富贵在天 wealth and nobility are decided by destiny (Guoyu '天' n 7)
tiān adjective very high; sky high [prices]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '天' adj 2)
tiān adverb very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '天' adv)
tiān noun a deva; a god
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deva, Pai: deva, Japanese: ten, Tibetan: lha; also Sanskrit devī for female deities (BCSD '天', p. 333; BL 'deva'; Kroll 2015 '天' 5; SH '天', p. 143)
tiān proper noun Heaven
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: devaloka; for example, 四天下眾生 'the beings under the four heavens; see 天界 (BCSD '天', p. 333; FGDB '天'; MW 'devaloka'; T 227, Scroll 3 小品般若波羅蜜經; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 266)

Contained in

天帝释(天帝釋) Sakra; Sakka; Sakra Devānām Indra; Kausika
阿波罗天(阿波羅天) ābhāsvara deva
大肚能容天下事善心不染世间尘(大肚能容天下事善心不染世間塵) A profusion of mundane affairs, A virtuous mind untainted by worldly troubles.
天鼓雷音佛 Divyadundubhi meghanirghoṣa
睹史多天 Tusita
无量水天(無量水天) ābhāsvara deva
在长寿天难(在長壽天難) The Long-life Heaven
欲天五婬 five methods of physical interaction in the heavens of desire
间错天(間錯天) Pūrvaphalgunī
五那含天 five pure abodes
云水天下(雲水天下) Travel Like the Clouds and Water
兜驶多天(兜駛多天) Tusita
威光天 Marici
四大天王 Four Deva Kings; Four Heavenly Kings
兜率天 Tusita Heaven; Tusita gods
住摩尼藏天 Maṇigarbhānivāsinī
天帝释城(天帝釋城) City of Śakra
无小天(無小天) Akaniṣṭha; Akanistha; Akaniṭṭha
火天 Agni
须真天子问四事经(須真天子問四事經) Sūtra on Deva Suvikrāntacintā’s Questions about Four Matters

Also contained in

天下文化出版公司、天青石、天牢、悲天悯人、天慈、天父、天光、皇天后土、前一天、上天入地、天底、泄露天机、物竞天择、天下、天阴骘、天府之国、不见天日、天渊之别、天玑、朝天椒、一半天、插天、花天酒地、天然照亮、包打天下、坐井观天、天然本地、狗胆包天、江天、漫天、名满天下

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 23 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 140
Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 138
Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 132
Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 120
Scroll 39 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 111
Scroll 20 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 108
Scroll 46 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 105
Scroll 38 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 98
Scroll 53 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 97
Scroll 44 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 95

Collocations

天身 (天身) 後必受天身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
欲界天 (欲界天) 我欲界天斷滅無餘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 14
无想处天 (無想處天) 有想無想處天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 13
大神天 (大神天) 以天眼見諸大神天各封宅地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
天及 (天及) 天及世間人 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 9
智天 (智天) 過色究竟天上有空處智天 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 7
天匠 (天匠) 天匠所造 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
夀天 (夀天) 阿須倫壽天千歲 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 7
天初生 (天初生) 彼天初生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 6
受天 (受天) 後必受天身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5