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
Min Nan (POJ): kái-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǎitiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetian
  - IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǎitiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaetial
  - IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰjɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: goi² tin¹
  - Yale: gói tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goi² tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: goi² tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-thian
  - Tâi-lô: kái-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay'tiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Adverb

改天

on another day; some other time

Verb

改天

to change dates
我們改天可以嗎？ / 我们改天可以吗？ ― Wǒmen gǎitiān kěyǐ ma? ― Can we take a rain check?

Synonyms

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

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