改天

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (改天)		改	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gai³ tian¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² tin¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): gai² tie¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎitiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎitian
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-tʻien¹
    • Yale: gǎi-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetian
    • Palladius: гайтянь (gajtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎitiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎitianr
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-tʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǎi-tyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetial
    • Palladius: гайтяньр (gajtjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gai³ tian¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaaitian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵³ tʰiɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² tin¹
    • Yale: gói tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gai² tie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kai⁵³ tʰxie¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-thian
    • Tâi-lô: kái-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Adverb

改天

1. on another day; some other time

   我們改天可以嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   我们改天可以吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen gǎitiān kěyǐ ma? [Pinyin]

   Can we take a rain check?

   我週六沒空兒，改天吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   我周六没空儿，改天吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhōuliù méi kòngr, gǎitiān ba. [Pinyin]

   I don't have time on Saturday; let's find another day.

   咱們先走吧，我們改天再來拜訪。 [MSC, trad.]
   咱们先走吧，我们改天再来拜访。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zánmen xiān zǒu ba, wǒmen gǎitiān zài lái bàifǎng. [Pinyin]

   Let's go then — we can visit again another day.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 改天 (“on another day; some other time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		他日, 異日
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		改天, 改日, 他日
Mandarin	Taiwan	改天
	Singapore	改天
Cantonese	Guangzhou	第日
	Hong Kong	第日, 第二日, 搵日
Hakka	Meixian	另日
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	另日
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	另日
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	另日
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	另次日
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	另日
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	另日
Southern Min	Xiamen	下日, 另日, 別日
	Quanzhou	下日, 另日, 別日
	Zhangzhou	下日, 另日, 別日
	Tainan	另日, 另工, 別日, 別日仔 GT, 別工 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	別日
	Shantou	別日
	Jieyang	別日
	Singapore (Teochew)	下日
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	第日
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)