See also: 天気 and 天气

Chinese edit

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

Pronunciation edit



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/
Bernard
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[n]/ /*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. *[t] 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 edit

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 [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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 edit

  • (weather):
  • (the Sun):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Japanese edit

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
[noun] weather
[noun] fine weather
(This term, 天氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)