天氣

See also: 天気 and 天气

Chinese

day; sky; heaven gas; air; qi
trad. (天氣) 天 氣
simp. (天气) 天 气

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 天 氣
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 他前切 去旣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān qì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 hei3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 天 氣
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiān qì
Middle
Chinese
‹ then › ‹ khjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁi[n]/ /*C.qʰəp-s/
English heaven cloudy vapors

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 天 氣
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 12387 10140
Phonetic
component
天 气
Rime
group
眞 隊
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
天
Old
Chinese
/*qʰl'iːn/ /*kʰɯds/

Noun

天氣

  1. weather
    鬼天氣/鬼天气  ―  guǐ tiānqì  ―  damned weather
    惡劣天氣/恶劣天气  ―  èliè tiānqì  ―  bad weather
    極端天氣事件/极端天气事件  ―  jíduān tiānqì shìjiàn  ―  extreme weather event
    如果天氣允許的話 [MSC, trad.]
    如果天气允许的话 [MSC, simp.]
    rúguǒ tiānqì yǔnxǔ dehuà [Pinyin]
    if the weather permits
    注意雨雪天氣。/注意雨雪天气。  ―  Zhùyì yǔxuě tiānqì.  ―  Drive carefully in rain or snow.
    天氣怎麽樣?/天气怎么样?  ―  Tiānqì zěnmeyàng?  ―  How's the weather?
    趁天氣好,快出去玩兒吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    趁天气好,快出去玩儿吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Chèn tiānqì hǎo, kuài chūqù wánr ba. [Pinyin]
    While the weather's good, go outside and play.
    這幾天墨爾本的天氣還挺好。 [MSC, trad.]
    这几天墨尔本的天气还挺好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jǐ tiān Mò'ěrběn de tiānqì hái tǐng hǎo. [Pinyin]
    Melbourne has had pretty good weather over the past few days.
  2. (literary) light and clear air
  3. (literary) air
  4. (literary) destiny; fate
  5. (dialectal) the day (as an approximate time); time of the day
    天氣還早呢。/天气还早呢。  ―  Tiānqì hái zǎo ne.  ―  It's early in the day yet.
  6. (dialectal) period of time
  7. (Jin) hazy weather before rain
  8. (Xining Mandarin) sun

Synonyms

  • (weather):
  • (the Sun):

Derived terms

  • 時行天氣/时行天气
  • 鬧天氣/闹天气

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天氣):
  • → Japanese: 天(てん)気(き) (tenki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 氣
てん
Grade: 1
き
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)氣(き) • (tenki) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 天気: weather
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