天光

天光

1. daylight
2. color of the sky

   窗外天光發白。／窗外天光发白。  ―  Chuāng wài tiānguāng fābái.  ―  Outside the window, the sky becomes white. (i.e. the day dawns).

3. (dialectal) time

   天光不早了吗？  ―  Tiānguāng bù zǎo le ma?  ―  Is it getting late?

4. (dialectal) morning; daytime
5. (Hokkien) early morning
6. (Liancheng Hakka, Huizhou, Hainanese, Wenzhounese) breakfast

• (daylight):

• (color of the sky): 天色 (tiānsè)

天光

1. (dialectal) to break (of dawn)

   做到天光都做唔完 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   zou⁶ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹ dou¹ zou⁶ m⁴ jyun⁴ [Jyutping]

   to work all night and still not be done (literally, “to work until dawn and still not be done”)

   玩天光 [Cantonese]  ―  waan^4-2 tin¹ gwong¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to play all night (literally, “to play until dawn”)

   一覺瞓天光／一觉𰥛天光 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gaau³ fan³ tin¹ gwong¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to sleep all the way till dawn

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “天光”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 541.