Meaning of 蓝天
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- blue sky
How to use 蓝天
蓝天 is used to describe a clear sky, and it often appears in writing about nice weather or clean air. It is common in the set phrase 蓝天白云 (lántiān báiyún), blue sky and white clouds. Example: 今天是蓝天。(Jīntiān shì lántiān.) The sky is blue today.
蓝 (lán) means blue and 天 (tiān) means sky, so 蓝天 is simply the blue sky. Picture the grass radical 艹 on top of 蓝 as plants growing under a wide blue 天 overhead.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 蓝 (lán, blue) with 篮 (lán, basket) because they sound the same and look alike. 蓝 has the grass radical 艹 on top, while 篮 has the bamboo radical ⺮.
蓝天 in example sentences
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蓝 lán · blue · 13 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 蓝天.
| 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 |
| 蓝色 | lánsè | blue (color) |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
Questions about 蓝天
What does 蓝天 mean?
蓝天 (lán tiān) means "blue sky".
How do you write 蓝天?
蓝天 is made of 2 characters: 蓝 (13 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 蓝天 an HSK word?
Yes. 蓝天 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 蓝天 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 蓝天 is written 藍天.
Is 蓝天 used to talk about air pollution?
Yes. In news and everyday talk, 蓝天 is often used as a sign of clean air, as in 保卫蓝天 (bǎowèi lántiān), protect the blue sky. People may say they want more 蓝天 days.
How is 天 in 蓝天 different from 天 in 今天 or 明天?
In 蓝天 and 白天, 天 refers to the sky or daytime. In 今天, 明天 and 昨天, it means day as a unit of time. The character is the same, and context tells you which meaning is used.