Sentence #819448 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 白天 is built
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白báiwhite
白 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
天tiānday
一one · yī
大big · dà
Memory aidA person 大 with the sky 一 above: sky, heaven, day.
How to write 白天
白 5 strokes · 天 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 白天 (báitiān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
白天 (báitiān) means “daytime” or “during the day”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it báitiān: bái with a 2nd tone, then tiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 白天 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one daytime is 一个白天 (yí ge báitiān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baitian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 白天 from the suggestions. Typing baitian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
白天 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.
白bái2nd tone, rising
天tiān1st tone, high and level
