sky in Chinese

How to write 天空

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天空 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 5. An advanced band: enough to read newspapers and watch films.

天空 in a sentence

• 天tiān空kōng很hěn蓝lán。

  The sky is very blue.

• 天tiān空kōng中zhōng有yǒu很hěn多duō云yún。

  There are many clouds in the sky.

• 晚wǎn上shàng的de天tiān空kōng很hěn美měi。

  The night sky is beautiful.

• 鸟niǎo儿ér在zài天tiān空kōng飞fēi。

  Birds fly in the sky.

天空 vs 天 vs 太空

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 天 tiān day; sky

  Same 天 — alone it more often means 'day' (今天 'today'); 天空 is unambiguously the sky.

• 太空 tài kōng outer space

  Space beyond the atmosphere — 太空旅行 'space travel'. 天空 is the blue part overhead.