HSK 6 · Time

成天 chéngtiān “all day long” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成天 means

  1. all day long
  2. all the time
  3. (coll.) all day long

How to say 成天

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale天tiān1st tone, high and level

成天 in a sentence

  1. 他成天在家玩手机。

    Tā chéngtiān zài jiā wán shǒujī.

    He spends all day at home on his phone.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别成天待在房间里，出去走走吧。

    Bié chéngtiān dāi zài fángjiān lǐ, chūqù zǒuzou ba.

    Don’t stay in your room all day; go out for a walk.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 成天 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 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character
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.

How to write 成天

成 6 strokes · 天 4 strokes

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

Words related to 成天

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

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

More words: Time & Sequence

丙bǐng · third (in a series)不时bùshí · frequently刹那chànà · instant朝代cháodài · dynasty次序cìxù · order诞辰dànchén · birthday (of a respected person)当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally

FAQs

成天 (chéngtiān) means “all day long” or “all the time”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngtiān: chéng 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. 成天 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengtian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成天 from the suggestions. Typing chengtian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成天 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.