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

  (Pinyin): gǎitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² tin¹
• 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/
• 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/
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 改天

1. on another day; some other time

Verb

改天

1. to change dates

   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.

Synonyms

• 改日 (gǎirì)
• (literary or dialectal, Min Nan) 另日 (lìngrì)
• (literary) 他日 (tārì)
• (literary) 異日／异日 (yìrì)

(deprecated template usage)