冬天

Chinese

		winter	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (冬天)		冬	天
anagram		天冬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dōngtiān
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ
(Dungan, Cyrillic): дунтян (dunti͡an, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ tin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-thiên
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tang-thiⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ tin¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ton thi (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dōngtiān → dōngtian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.tian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: dōngtiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongtial
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰjɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: дунтян (dunti͡an, I-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /tuŋ²⁴ tʰiæ̃⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ tin¹
  - Yale: dūng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´ tien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ tian¹
  - IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tang-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangtvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ tin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang thiⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ tʰĩ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ton thi (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Noun

冬天

winter
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?

Synonyms

冬季 (dōngjì)
(Min Nan) 寒天 (kôaⁿ-thiⁿ)

Derived terms

核冬天 (hédōngtiān)