day in Chinese

How to write 天

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天 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

天 in a sentence

• 今jīn天tiān是shì美měi好hǎo的de一yī天tiān。

  Today is a beautiful day.

• 我wǒ们men明míng天tiān见jiàn。

  See you tomorrow.

• 一yī天tiān有yǒu二èr十shí四sì小xiǎo时shí。

  A day has twenty-four hours.

• 今jīn天tiān天tiān气qì真zhēn好hǎo。

  The weather is really nice today.

天 vs 天空 vs 日

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 天空 tiān kōng sky

  天 alone means 'day' or 'sky' depending on context; 天空 unambiguously names the sky.

• 日 rì day; sun (bound/literary)

  The written, bound form of 'day' — 生日 'birthday', 日记 'diary'. In speech 'day' is 天.