HSK 5 · Nature

天空 tiānkōng “sky” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 天空 means

  1. sky

How to say 天空

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale天tiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale空kōng1st tone, high and level

天空 in a sentence

  1. 为什么天空是蓝的？

    Wèishénme tiānkōng shì lán de?

    Why is the sky blue?

    Sentence #13954310 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 她抬头望向天空。

    Tā táitóu wàng xiàng tiānkōng.

    She looked up at the sky.

    Sentence #350705 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 天空变得越来越暗了。

    Tiānkōng biàn de yuè lái yuè àn le.

    The sky grew darker and darker.

    Sentence #1456457 from Tatoeba

How 天空 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 天 (tiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
天tiānday
  • 一one · yī
  • 大big · dà

Memory aidA person 大 with the sky 一 above: sky, heaven, day.

The character 空 (kōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
空kōngempty
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 工work · gōngSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kōng.

How to write 天空

天 4 strokes · 空 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

天空 (tiānkōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 天空 (tiānkōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 天空

Words with 天

天tiān · day今天jīntiān · today明天míngtiān · tomorrow昨天zuótiān · yesterday天气tiānqì · weather白天báitiān · daytime星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday聊天liáotiān · to chat夏天xiàtiān · summer冬天dōngtiān · winter

Words with 空

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning空kōng · empty填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)空气kōngqì · air空闲kòngxián · free time空间kōngjiān · space空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy空洞kōngdòng · empty空虚kōngxū · empty太空tàikōng · outer space

More words: Nature & Environment

蛇shé · snake生长shēngzhǎng · to grow石头shítou · stone狮子shīzi · lion土地tǔdì · land兔子tùzi · hare尾巴wěiba · tail雾wù · fog

FAQs

天空 (tiānkōng) means “sky”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tiānkōng: tiān with a 1st tone, then kōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 天空 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiankong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 天空 from the suggestions. Typing tiankong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
天空 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.