天光

Chinese

day; sky; heaven light; ray; bright
simp. and trad.
(天光)
天 光
Literally: “brightening of the sky”.

Pronunciation


Noun

天光

  1. sunlight
  2. colour of the sky
    窗外天光發白。/窗外天光发白。  ―  Chuāng wài tiānguāng fābái.  ―  Outside the window, the sky becomes white. (i.e. the day dawns).
  3. morning; daytime
  4. (Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhou Wu Wu) breakfast

Synonyms

Verb

天光

  1. to break (of dawn)
    做到天光都做唔完 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    zou6 dou3 tin1 gwong1 dou1 zou6 m4 jyun4 [Jyutping]
    work all night (until dawn breaks) and still not be done

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 早知拉尿,企到天光
  • 一暝全頭路,天光無半步/一暝全头路,天光无半步
  • 三日風,三日霜,三日大天光/三日风,三日霜,三日大天光
  • 半夜㓾豬,天光賣肉/半夜㓾猪,天光卖肉
  • 天光下晝/天光下昼
  • 臨天光/临天光
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