太阳

太陽
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

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

Examples

太阳刚下山。

The sun has just sunk below the horizon.

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太阳下山了。

The sun is going down.

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太阳出来了。

Sunshine appeared.

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地球比太阳小。

The Earth is smaller than the Sun.

The earth is smaller than the sun.

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太阳比月亮大。

The sun is larger than the moon.

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太阳露出来了。

The sun came out.

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地球比太阳小。

The earth is smaller than the sun.

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太阳在西边落下

The sun sets in the west.

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地球绕着太阳转。

The Earth moves around the sun.

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太阳之下无新事。

Nothing new under the sun.

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太阳在西边落下。

The sun sets in the west.

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行星绕着太阳转。

The planets revolve around the sun.

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太阳在晚上不亮。

The sun doesn't shine at night.

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太阳在西边下山。

The sun sets in the west.

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太阳都要下山了。

The sun is about to set.

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太阳从海上升起了。

The sun rose from the sea.

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太阳在太阳系的中心。

The Sun is in the center of the solar system.

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太阳总是从东方升起。

The sun always rises in the east.

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太阳落到地平线下了。

The sun went below the horizon.

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没有太阳就没有生命。

Life would be impossible without the sun.

Without the sun, there would be no life.

Without the sun, life is impossible.

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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 阳 yáng
  1. positive (electric.)
  2. sun
  3. male principle (Taoism)
  4. Yang, opposite: 阴 yīn

Containing this entry

太阳报 Tàiyáng Bào The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)
太阳微系统公司 Tàiyáng Wēixìtǒnggōngsī Sun Microsystems
太阳照在桑干河上 Tàiyáng Zhào Zài Sānggān Hé Shàng The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
太阳系 Tàiyángxì
太阳帽 tàiyángmào
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