Talk:天上
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Geographyinitiative in topic '天上' versus '天' space '上'
It's more of "on the sky". 60.240.101.246 01:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
'天上' versus '天' space '上' edit
I believe that the word '天上' (tian1shang4) means the noun 'sky' (天空) (cf. 现代汉语词典7 p1293 "名 天空。" http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000053260 "天空。"), while the two character phrase '天' space '上' (tian1 shang5/4) means 'on high; in the sky'. Therefore, the two definitions might need to be split into two pronunciations. But I'm not certain enough to make the edit because 现代汉语规范词典3 p1295 has "名 天空中。". It may be good to collect some example usages to see if there is any pattern there. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:49, 8 December 2018 (UTC)