天光

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

天光

  1. sunlight
  2. colour of the sky
    天光發白天光发白   Chuāng wài tiānguāng fābái.   Outside the window, the sky becomes white. (i.e. the day dawns).
  3. morning; daytime
  4. (Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhounese) breakfast

Synonyms

Verb

天光

  1. (dialectal) to break (of dawn)
    天光 [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”)
    天光 [Cantonese]   waan4-2 tin1 gwong1 [Jyutping]   to play all night (literally, “to play until dawn”)
    天光𰥛天光 [Cantonese]   jat1 gaau3 fan3 tin1 gwong1 [Jyutping]   to sleep all the way till dawn

Synonyms

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
  • 天光下晝天光下昼
  • 天光墟
  • 天光大白
  • 天光日
  • 天光星
  • 天光暗晡
  • 天光朝晨
  • 早知拉尿,企到天光
  • 臨天光临天光
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