God helps those who help themselves.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
上天
Heaven; Providence; God
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
Heaven; Providence; God
02
the sky above
03
to fly skywards
04
(euphemism) to die; to pass away
05
the previous day (or days)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 上天 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 上天 appears in 14 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
God willing, everything will be all right.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 上天.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 上天.
Directly before
- 不畏上天1
- 感谢上天1
- 飞上天1
- 祈求上天1
- 如果上天1
Directly after
- 上天会2
- 上天了1
- 上天帮助1
- 上天赏罚1
- 上天不1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 上天
What does 上天 mean in Chinese?
上天 (shàngtiān) means Heaven; Providence; God.
How do you pronounce 上天?
上天 is pronounced shàngtiān.
Is 上天 an HSK word?
上天 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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