Chinese words starting with “tian”

37 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable tian. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

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1st tone 24
2nd tone 12
3rd tone 1

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

All 37 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	天	tiān	qt,n	day; sky; heaven
2	甜	tián	a	sweet
3	天堂	tiān táng	n	paradise; heaven
4	田	tián	n,nr	field; farm
5	天使	tiān shǐ	n	angel
6	天下	tiān xià	n	land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
7	填	tián	v	to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
8	天才	tiān cái	n,nr	talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted
9	天生	tiān shēng	d,b	nature; disposition; innate; natural
10	甜蜜	tián mì	a,an	sweet; happy
11	添	tiān	v	to add; to increase; to replenish
12	天真	tiān zhēn	a,an	naive; innocent; artless
13	天赋	tiān fù	n,v	gift; innate skill
14	天然	tiān rán	b	natural
15	甜美	tián měi	a,an	sweet; pleasant; happy
16	舔	tiǎn	v	to lick; to lap
17	天地	tiān dì	n	heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
18	添加	tiān jiā	v,vn	to add; to increase
19	天然气	tiān rán qì	n	natural gas
20	填补	tián bǔ	v,vn	to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
21	填写	tián xiě	v	to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
22	天鹅	tiān é	n	swan
23	天性	tiān xìng	n	nature; innate tendency
24	天线	tiān xiàn	n	antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials
25	天桥	tiān qiáo	n,ns	overhead walkway; pedestrian bridge
26	田径	tián jìng	n	track and field (athletics)
27	天主教	tiān zhǔ jiào	nz	Catholicism
28	田野	tián yě	n	field; open land
29	填充	tián chōng	v,vn	to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
30	天分	tiān fèn	n	natural gift; talent
31	天平	tiān píng	n	scales (to weigh things)
32	甜头	tián tou	n	sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
33	天文	tiān wén	n	astronomy
34	天长地久	tiān cháng dì jiǔ	v	enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
35	天经地义	tiān jīng dì yì	l	lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
36	天伦之乐	tiān lún zhī lè	l	family love and joy; domestic bliss
37	填空	tián kòng	v	to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)

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