夏天

Chinese

summer; Xia (proper name) day; sky; heaven
trad. (夏天) 夏 天
simp. #(夏天) 夏 天

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 夏 天
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 胡駕切 他前切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠaH/ /tʰen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚaH/ /tʰen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣaH/ /tʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨH/ /tʰɛn/
Li
Rong
/ɣaH/ /tʰen/
Wang
Li
/ɣaH/ /tʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣaH/ /tʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xià tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa6 tin1

Noun

夏天

  1. summer
    夏天和冬天,你更喜歡哪一個? [MSC, trad.]
    夏天和冬天,你更喜欢哪一个? [MSC, simp.]
    Xiàtiān hé dōngtiān, nǐ gèng xǐhuān nǎ yī ge? [Pinyin]
    Do you prefer summer or winter?
    她在冬天收集了許多雪水,準備夏天用來降暑。 [MSC, trad.]
    她在冬天收集了许多雪水,准备夏天用来降暑。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

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