先天 meaning in English
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1]); inborn; innate; natural
Meaning of 先天
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiāntiān
- embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1])
- inborn; innate; natural
先天 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
脑损伤是先天的。
The brain damage was congenital.
Stroke order for each character
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先 xiān · beforehand · 6 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 先天.
| 先生 | xiānsheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
| 夏天 | xiàtiān | summer |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
Questions about 先天
What does 先天 mean?
先天 (xiāntiān) means "embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1]); inborn; innate; natural" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 先天?
先天 is made of 2 characters: 先 (6 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 先天 an HSK word?
Yes. 先天 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.