夏天

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Chinese

summer; Xia (proper name) day; sky; heaven
trad. (夏天)
simp. #(夏天)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (33) (6)
Final () (98) (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II IV
Fanqie
Baxter haeH then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠaH/ /tʰen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaH/ /tʰen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaH/ /tʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨH/ /tʰɛn/
Li
Rong
/ɣaH/ /tʰen/
Wang
Li
/ɣaH/ /tʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣaH/ /tʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xià tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa6 tin1

Noun

夏天

  1. summer
    夏天冬天喜歡 [MSC, trad.]
    夏天冬天喜欢 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiàtiān hé dōngtiān, nǐ gèng xǐhuān nǎ yī ge?
    Do you prefer summer or winter?
    冬天收集許多雪水準備夏天用來 [MSC, trad.]
    冬天收集许多雪水准备夏天用来 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ.
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

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