Meaning of 天空
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- sky
How to use 天空
天空 is a slightly more descriptive or written word for the sky, common in songs, writing, and when describing how the sky looks. In casual speech people often just say 天 (tiān). Example: 今天的天空很蓝。(Jīntiān de tiānkōng hěn lán.) The sky is very blue today.
天 (tiān) means sky or heaven, and 空 (kōng) means empty or open space. Put them together and you get the wide, empty space above you: the sky.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 空 with the wrong tone, saying kòng (free time, as in 有空 yǒu kòng) instead of kōng. In 天空 both syllables are first tone: tiānkōng.
天空 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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空 kōng · empty · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 天空.
| 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 |
| 空气 | kōngqì | air; atmosphere |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
Questions about 天空
What does 天空 mean?
天空 (tiānkōng) means "sky" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 天空?
天空 is made of 2 characters: 天 (4 strokes), 空 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 天空 an HSK word?
Yes. 天空 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 天空 and 天?
天 can mean sky, but it also means day, as in 今天 (jīntiān) and 明天 (míngtiān). 天空 only means sky, so it is clearer when you want to talk about the sky itself.
How do I say 'in the sky' with 天空?
Say 在天空中 (zài tiānkōng zhōng) or 天上 (tiānshang). For example, 天空中有很多星星 (Tiānkōng zhōng yǒu hěn duō xīngxing) means there are many stars in the sky.