天光

More information day; sky; heaven, light; ray; bright ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gwong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiên-kông

(Hailu, HRS): tien^ˋ gong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ guong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-guŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ting¹ gung¹ / ting¹ gng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-kng / thiⁿ-kuiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ geng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianguang
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kuang¹
  - Yale: tyān-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianguang
  - Palladius: тяньгуан (tjanʹguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gwong¹
  - Yale: tīn gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˋ gong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰien⁵³ koŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiên¹ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kuɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-guŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋuoŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ting¹ gung¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ting-gng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ kuŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ting¹ gng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ kŋ̍⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kng
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Singapore): /tʰĩ⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰĩ³³ kŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kuiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kuinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kvuy
  - IPA (Penang): /tʰĩ³³ kuĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan): /tʰĩ⁴⁴ kuĩ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tin¹ geng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ kṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ kɯŋ³³/

Noun

天光

daylight
color of the sky
窗外天光發白。／窗外天光发白。 ― Chuāng wài tiānguāng fābái. ― Outside the window, the sky becomes white. (i.e. the day dawns).
(dialectal) time
天光不早了吗？ ― Tiānguāng bù zǎo le ma? ― Is it getting late?
(dialectal) morning; daytime
(Hokkien) early morning
(Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhounese) breakfast

Synonyms

(daylight):

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太陽光 / 太阳光 (tàiyángguāng)
日光 (rìguāng)
日草 (rig⁸ cao²) (Teochew)
日陽兒 / 日阳儿 (rìyángr) (Beijing Mandarin)
日頭光 / 日头光 (Hokkien)
日頭絲 / 日头丝 (Hakka)
陽光 / 阳光 (yángguāng)

(color of the sky): 天色 (tiānsè)

Dialectal synonyms of 早晨 (“early morning”) [map]

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Dialectal synonyms of 上午 (“morning”) [map]

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Dialectal synonyms of 早餐 (“breakfast”) [map]

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Verb

天光

(dialectal) to break (of dawn)
做到天光都做唔完 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
zou⁶ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹ dou¹ zou⁶ m⁴ jyun⁴ [Jyutping]
to work all night and still not be done (literally, “to work until dawn and still not be done”)

玩天光 [Cantonese] ― waan^4-2 tin¹ gwong¹ [Jyutping] ― to play all night (literally, “to play until dawn”)

一覺瞓天光／一觉𰥛天光 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ gaau³ fan³ tin¹ gwong¹ [Jyutping] ― to sleep all the way till dawn

Synonyms

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一黑早 (i⁶ he⁶ zau³) (Xiang)
凌晨 (língchén)
大清早 (dàqīngzǎo)
大清老早 (Shanghainese)
天光早 (Hokkien)
天拉朗 (Teochew)
天欲光 (Hokkien)
平明 (píngmíng) (literary)
拂曉 / 拂晓 (fúxiǎo)
拍殕仔光 (phah-phú-á-kng) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
拍殕光 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
拍殕光仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
早晨
早清 (zau² qing¹) (Jin)
晨明 (chénmíng) (literary)
暝尾 (Hokkien)
清早 (qīngzǎo)
清早晨 (¹chin-tsau-zen) (Shanghainese)
清晨 (qīngchén)
老清老早 (⁶lau-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
透早 (thàu-chá) (Hokkien)
麻亮兒 / 麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
麻麻亮兒 / 麻麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
黎明 (límíng)

Dialectal synonyms of 天亮 (“to break (of dawn); dawn”) [map]

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Derived terms

一暝全頭路，天光無半步 / 一暝全头路，天光无半步
三日風，三日霜，三日大天光 / 三日风，三日霜，三日大天光
半夜㓾豬，天光賣肉 / 半夜㓾猪，天光卖肉 (Hakka)
天光下晝 / 天光下昼
天光墟
天光大白
天光日 (Hakka)
天光早
天光星
天光暗晡 (Hakka)
天光朝晨 (Hakka)
早知拉尿，企到天光 (Hakka)
臨天光 / 临天光
臨天光瀨尿 / 临天光濑尿 (lam⁴ tin¹ gwong¹ laai⁶ niu⁶) (Cantonese)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “天光”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 541.

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		晨, 朝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晨, 清早, 清晨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	早晨, 早起
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	早晨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	早上, 早晨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早晨, 早晨起來
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai	傍亮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	傍亮
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趕早, 早起
	Xuzhou	清早, 早清起來
	Pizhou	清清, 大早清子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	早上, 清早
	Donghai	一早清子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	早晨, 清早
	Wuhan	早晨
	Liuzhou	早晨頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	早上
	Yangzhou	早上, 早晨, 早心
	Baoying	早上
	Taizhou	早起
	Zhenjiang	早心
	Lianyungang	早心
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	早心, 早心子
	Xuyi	早心, 早上
	Nantong	早起
	Rugao	早起
	Yancheng	早上, 清大早上
	Funing	大清早, 一早上
	Sihong	早心
	Hefei	早上
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	一早
	Macau	朝早
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早朝早
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	朝頭朝早
	Foshan	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shunde)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	侵早
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晨早
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	朝頭早
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	朝頭, 朝早
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朝早
	Taishan	朝頭早, 早朝, 朝早
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朝頭早
	Enping (Niujiang)	一皓
	Heshan (Yayao)	朝早
	Dongguan	朝頭早
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	朝早
	Yangjiang	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hepu (Shatian)	早朝, 早晨
	Beihai	朝間早
	Beihai (Nankang)	朝間早
	Beihai (Yingpan)	早朝頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朝頭早, 朝間早
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朝早
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朝早頭
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	天光早
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晨早
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朝頭早
	Móng Cái	朝早
Gan	Nanchang	清早, 早上
Hakka	Meixian	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Dabu (Gaobei)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	朝晨頭
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Pantian)	朝晨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朝晨頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朝晨頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朝晨早
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	早上
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	晨早, 晨早頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	晨早, 晨早時務
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Jin	Taiyuan	早晨, 打早, 打早起, 早起, 清早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭, 早起頭, 起早, 起早頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	早起, 天光
	Quanzhou	早起, 天光
	Zhangzhou	早起, 天光
	Taipei	早起
	Manila (Hokkien)	早起
	Chaozhou	眠起早, 眠起
	Shantou	眠起早
Puxian Min	Putian	起早, 起早頭, 起早時
Puxian Min	Xianyou	起早, 起早頭, 起早時
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	停光, 光早
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	通光
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	朝頭
Wu	Shanghai	早浪, 早浪向, 早晨, 早晨頭, 清早晨
	Suzhou	早浪, 早浪向, 朝浪, 朝浪向
	Wuxi	空朝頭
	Changshu	朝晨頭
	Nantong (Haimen)	早娘頭
	Changzhou	早娘頭
	Danyang	早起頭
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	早起頭
	Ningbo	天亮, 天亮頭
	Wenzhou	天光早, 天光
Xiang	Changsha	早上, 早晨頭
Xiang	Shuangfeng	早晨家

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		朝食, 饔, 晨炊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早飯, 早餐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	早飯, 早點
	Taiwan	早飯, 早餐, 早點
	Ulanhot	早上飯
	Tongliao	早上飯
	Chifeng	早飯
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	早上飯
	Harbin	早上飯, 早飯
	Shenyang	早飯
	Malaysia	早餐
	Singapore	早餐
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	點心
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早飯, 早晨飯, 早點
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	朝飯兒, 早飯
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	清早飯
	Wanrong	早起飯
	Zhengzhou	清早起來飯
	Xi'an	乾早飯, 早飯
	Xining	早起
	Xuzhou	早點, 早上飯, 早飯
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	趕早飯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	早飯
	Bayanhot	早飯
	Lanzhou	早飯
	Ürümqi	乾早飯, 早飯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	早飯, 早餐
	Wuhan	早飯
	Guiyang	早飯
	Kunming	早飯
	Guilin	早餐, 早飯, 早點
	Liuzhou	早餐, 早飯, 早點
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	早飯, 點心
	Yangzhou	早飯
	Nantong	早飯
	Hefei	早飯
	Huanggang	早飯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	早餐, 朝早飯, 朝
	Hong Kong	早餐
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	早飯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	早飯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	早飯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	早飯, 朝頭
	Macau	早餐
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	早餐
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	早飯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早餐
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	早飯, 早餐
	Foshan	早餐
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粥
	Foshan (Shunde)	早餐
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朝早飯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	早飯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	早餐
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	早餐
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	早餐
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朝早飯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朝早飯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	早餐
	Taishan	早餐
	Kaiping (Chikan)	早餐
	Enping (Niujiang)	早餐
	Heshan (Yayao)	早飯
	Dongguan	早餐
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	早餐
	Shaoguan	早餐
	Yunfu	早餐
	Yangjiang	朝
	Xinyi	朝
	Lianjiang	朝
	Nanning	過早
	Wuzhou	過早
	Yulin	早朝
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	早朝
	Danzhou	早朝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	早餐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	早餐
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	早餐
Gan	Nanchang	早飯
	Lichuan	早飯
	Pingxiang	早飯
Hakka	Meixian	朝
	Xingning	朝
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	朝, 早餐
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	朝
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	朝
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	朝
	Huidong (Daling)	朝
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朝
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	早餐, 朝
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	朝
	Boluo (Bendihua)	早餐
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朝
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	朝
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	朝, 早餐
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	早餐
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	朝
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	朝
	Wuhua (Changbu)	朝
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	朝
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	朝
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	朝
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	朝
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	朝
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	朝
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	朝
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	朝
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	朝
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	朝
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	朝
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	朝
	Liannan	朝
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	朝
	Jiexi	朝
	Changting	朝
	Wuping	朝
	Wuping (Pingyu)	朝
	Liancheng	天光
	Ninghua	朝飯
	Yudu	晨朝
	Ruijin	朝
	Shicheng	朝飯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	早晨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	朝
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朝
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朝
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	朝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	早頓, 早, 晨早
	Hong Kong	朝, 朝飯
	Luchuan	朝
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	朝, 早點
	Sabah (Longchuan)	早餐
	Senai (Huiyang)	朝, 早餐
	Singkawang	朝
Huizhou	Jixi	早飯
	Shexian	早飯
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	天光
	Xiuning	天光
	Yixian	天光
	Qimen	點心
	Wuyuan	朝飯, 朝粥
Jin	Taiyuan	早清飯, 清早飯, 打早飯
	Pingyao	早起飯, 早晨飯
	Xinzhou	打早飯, 早起飯, 早升飯
	Taibus (Baochang)	早飯
	Linhe	早飯
	Jining	早飯
	Hohhot	早飯
	Baotou	早飯
	Dongsheng	早飯
	Haibowan	早點
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	早
	Songxi	飯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	飯
	Wuyishan	朝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	朝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早
	Fuqing	飯, 早
	Zhouning	飯
Southern Min	Xiamen	早頓, 早起頓, 早起
	Quanzhou	早頓, 早起頓, 早起
	Yongchun	早起
	Zhangzhou	早頓, 早起頓, 早起
	Singapore (Hokkien)	早起頓, 早起, 早餐, 早頓
	Manila (Hokkien)	早起, 早餐, 早頓
	Zhangping	飯
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	飯
	Chaozhou	眠起, 早餐
	Shantou	猛早頓, 猛早, 早飯, 早糜
	Haifeng	眠早
	Bangkok (Teochew)	早餐, 早頓
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	早餐
	Singapore (Teochew)	早餐
	Leizhou	早糜, 早
	Wenchang	糜旦, 天光糜, 早
	Haikou	天光糜, 天光, 天光早糜, 天光早, 天光白糜, 天光白
	Qionghai	早糜, 早餐
	Singapore (Hainanese)	早餐
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	早餐
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	早餐
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	過早, 朝飯, 點心
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	早飯
Wu	Shanghai	早飯, 早點
	Shanghai (Chongming)	飯
	Suzhou	早飯
	Wuxi	早飯, 早點
	Danyang	早飯
	Hangzhou	早飯
	Ningbo	天亮飯
	Wenzhou	天光
	Jinhua	五更兒飯, 五更飯, 五更兒
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	五更
Xiang	Changsha	早飯
	Loudi	早飯
	Shuangfeng	早飯, 晨飯
	Quanzhou	早飯

		day; sky; heaven	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (天光)		天	光
Literally: “brightening of the sky”.

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