秋天

Chinese

		autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing	day; sky; heaven
trad. (秋天)		秋	天
simp. #(秋天)		秋	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiūtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чютян (či͡uti͡an, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ tin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiû-thiên
• Northern Min (KCR): chiú-tíng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiu-thiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹ tin¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹chieu-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūtiān → qiūtian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ → ㄑㄧㄡ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cioutiån
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-tʻien⁵
    • Yale: chyōu-tyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou.tian
    • Palladius: цютянь (cjutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūtiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cioutianr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-tʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyōu-tyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chioutial
    • Palladius: цютяньр (cjutjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чютян (či͡uti͡an, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiou²⁴ tʰiæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ tin¹
    • Yale: chāu tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiû-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiu´ tien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiu¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiú-tíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiu-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiu-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiu'tvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu³³ tʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu¹ tin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu thiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²³ tʰĩ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹chieu-thi
    • MiniDict: chieu^平 thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qieu-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjuw then

Rime
Character	秋	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	七由切	他前切
Baxter	tshjuw	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨu/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiu/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiəu/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰuw/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiu/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəu/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1	tin1

Noun

秋天

1. autumn; fall
2. (literary) autumn sky; fall sky

   • 俄頃風定雲墨色，秋天漠漠向昏黑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     俄顷风定云墨色，秋天漠漠向昏黑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du Fu, 《茅屋為秋風所破歌》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Éqǐng fēng dìng yún mòsè, qiūtiān mòmò xiàng hūnhēi. [Pinyin]

     Shortly the gale subsides and clouds turn dark as ink, the autumn skies are shrouded and in darkness sink.

Synonyms

• 秋季 (qiūjì)
• (literary) 旻天 (míntiān)
• (Teochew) 秋天時／秋天时