See also: 天时

Chinese

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day; sky; heaven
o'clock; time; when
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 
trad. (天時)
simp. (天时)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (25)
Final () (85) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter then dzyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /d͡ʑɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /d͡ʑɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /d͡ʑie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /d͡ʑɨ/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /ʑiə/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /ʑĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /ʑi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān chí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 si4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiān xiān shí
Middle
Chinese
‹ then › ‹ xen › ‹ dzyi ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁi[n]/ /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) /*[d]ə/ (~ *[d]əʔ)
English heaven heaven time

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 1/1
No. 12387 12042
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰl'iːn/ /*djɯ/

Noun

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天時

  1. weather; climate
    天時唔好 [Cantonese, trad.]
    天时唔好 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tin1 si4 jit6, m4 hou2 zoek3 gam3 hau5 saam1. [Jyutping]
    It's hot out, don't wear such thick clothing.
  2. timeliness

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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