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天亮

tiānliàng
verb #7,500

Meanings

  1. 1 daybreak
  2. 2 dawn
  3. 3 (for the sky) to become light

Examples

HSK 2
天亮了，该起床了。
Tiānliàng le, gāi qǐchuáng le.
It's dawn - time to get up.
HSK 2
我们天亮以前就出发了。
Wǒmen tiānliàng yǐqián jiù chūfā le.
We set out before dawn.
HSK 2
夏天天亮得很早。
Xiàtiān tiānliàng de hěn zǎo.
In summer, dawn comes very early.

Tips

grammar
天亮 is a subject-predicate compound (天 is the subject, 亮 is the predicate). Similar patterns: 天黑 (nightfall), 地震 (earthquake - 'earth shakes').

Stroke Order

天 tiān
亮 liàng