Meaning of 春天
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- spring (season)
Measure word: 個|个
How to use 春天
春天 is the everyday word for the spring season. It often comes with 在 or 到了 to talk about when things happen. Example: 春天到了，花都开了。(Chūntiān dào le, huā dōu kāi le.) Spring is here, and the flowers are all blooming.
春 (chūn) means spring and 天 (tiān) means sky or day, so 春天 is the stretch of days when spring arrives. You can link it to related words you may know, like 今天 (jīntiān) and 明天 (míngtiān), which also end in 天.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read the 天 in 春天 as meaning day, as it does in 今天 (jīntiān). Here the whole word just means the season. Also keep the tone of 春 (chūn) first tone and level, not falling.
春天 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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春 chūn · springtime · 9 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 春天.
| 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 |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān | winter |
| 天上 | tiānshàng | the sky; the heavens |
Questions about 春天
What does 春天 mean?
春天 (chūntiān) means "spring (season)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 春天?
春天 is made of 2 characters: 春 (9 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 春天 an HSK word?
Yes. 春天 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say the other seasons in Chinese?
The other three follow the same pattern: 夏天 (xiàtiān) summer, 秋天 (qiūtiān) autumn, and 冬天 (dōngtiān) winter. Learning them as a set with 春天 makes them easy to remember.
Is 春天 related to 春节, the Spring Festival?
Yes, both use 春 (chūn), spring. 春节 (Chūnjié) is the Chinese New Year holiday, which traditionally marks the start of spring on the lunar calendar, even though it usually falls in January or February.