天光

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

天光

  1. sunlight
  2. colour 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).
  3. morning; daytime
  4. (Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhounese) breakfast

Synonyms

Verb

天光

  1. (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]  ―  waan4-2 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

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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