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上天 meaning in English

shàngtiān

Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above

7 strokes

Meaning of 上天

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàngtiān
  1. Heaven; Providence; God
  2. the sky above
  3. to fly skywards
  4. (euphemism) to die; to pass away
  5. the previous day (or days)

上天 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

天tiān上shàng天tiān下xià，唯wéi我wǒ独dú尊zūn。
Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one.
上shàng天tiān会huì帮bāng助zhù自zì力lì更gēng生shēng的de人rén。
Help yourself and God will help you.
我wǒ要yào怎zěn么me上shàng天tiān堂táng？
How can I get to heaven?
今jīn天tiān早zǎo上shàng天tiān气qì严yán寒hán。
We had a heavy frost this morning.
今jīn天tiān早zǎo上shàng天tiān气qì多duō云yún。
This morning the weather is cloudy.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

天 tiān · day · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 上天.

今天jīntiāntoday; the present time; now
明天míngtiāntomorrow
马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
昨天zuótiānyesterday
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor

Questions about 上天

What does 上天 mean?

上天 (shàngtiān) means "Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above".

How do you write 上天?

上天 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.