太陽

太阳
tàiyáng
  1. (I Ching) greater yang (⚌)
  2. (tarot) the Sun
  3. greater yang (⚌)
  4. sun; the Sun
  5. sunshine; sunlight
  6. the Sun

Wiktionary

Homographs

太陽 tàiyang
  1. sun
  2. sunlight; sunshine
  3. temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴 tàiyángxué)

Examples

太阳下山了。

The sun is going down.

Source: Tatoeba

太陽出來了。

Sunshine appeared.

Source: Tatoeba

太阳刚下山。

The sun has just sunk below the horizon.

Source: Tatoeba

太阳在西边落下

The sun sets in the west.

Source: Tatoeba

太陽比月亮大。

The sun is larger than the moon.

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Entry Composition

=1 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=1 太 tā
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
2 陽 yáng
  1. positive (electric.)
  2. sun
  3. male principle (Taoism)
  4. Yang, opposite: 陰 yīn

Containing this entry

太陽報 Tàiyáng Bào The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
太陽微系統公司 Tàiyáng Wēixìtǒnggōngsī Sun Microsystems
太陽照在桑乾河上 Tàiyáng Zhào Zài Sānggān Hé Shàng The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
太陽系 Tàiyángxì
太陽帽 tàiyángmào
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