天氣

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See also: 天気 and 天气

Chinese

day; sky; heaven gas; air; qi
trad. (天氣)
simp. (天气)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (6) (29)
Final () (85) (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter then khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 hei3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ then › ‹ khjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁi/ /*C.qʰəp-s/
English heaven cloudy vapors

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 12387 10140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰl'iːn/ /*kʰɯds/

Noun

天氣

  1. weather
    天氣天气  ―  guǐ tiānqì  ―  damned weather
    惡劣天氣恶劣天气  ―  èliè tiānqì  ―  bad weather
    極端天氣事件极端天气事件  ―  jíduān tiānqì shìjiàn  ―  extreme weather event
    如果天氣允許的話 [MSC, trad.]
    如果天气允许的话 [MSC, simp.]
    rúguǒ tiānqì yǔnxǔ dehuà
    if the weather permits
    注意雨雪天氣注意雨雪天气  ―  Zhùyì yǔxuě tiānqì.  ―  Drive carefully in rain or snow.
    天氣怎麽樣天气怎么样  ―  Tiānqì zěnmeyàng?  ―  How's the weather?
    天氣出去玩兒 [MSC, trad.]
    天气出去玩儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Chèn tiānqì hǎo, kuài chūqù wánr ba.
    While the weather's good, go outside and play.
    墨爾本天氣 [MSC, trad.]
    墨尔本天气 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jǐ tiān Mò'ěrběn de tiānqì hái tǐng hǎo.
    Melbourne has had pretty good weather over the past few days.
  2. (literary) light and clear air
  3. (literary) air
  4. (literary) destiny; fate
  5. (dialectal) the day (as an approximate time); time of the day
    天氣天气  ―  Tiānqì hái zǎo ne.  ―  It's early in the day yet.
  6. (dialectal) period of time
  7. (Jin) hazy weather before rain
  8. (Xining Mandarin) sun

Synonyms

  • (weather):
  • (the Sun):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天氣):
  • Japanese: (てん)() (tenki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 天氣 – see the following entry.
天気てんき
weather
fine weather
(This term, 天氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)