太阳 (tàiyáng) means Sun. Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
早上六点 太阳 就出来了。
Zǎoshang liù diǎn tàiyáng jiù chūlai le.
The sun comes up at six in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 太阳
太阳 光照进了房间。
Tàiyáng guāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.
Sunlight shone into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 光
云后面出来了 太阳 。
Yún hòumiàn chūlái le tàiyáng.
The sun came out from behind the clouds.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 云
她用手挡住了 太阳 。
Tā yòng shǒu dǎng zhù le tàiyáng.
She shaded her eyes from the sun with her hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挡
太阳 照在身上很暖和。
Tàiyáng zhào zài shēn shàng hěn nuǎnhuo.
The sun shining on you feels warm.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 照
太阳 是一种清洁能源。
Tàiyáng shì yì zhǒng qīngjié néngyuán.
The sun is a form of clean energy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 能源
太阳 下他的影子很长。
Tàiyáng xià tā de yǐngzi hěn cháng.
His shadow is long in the sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 影子
太阳 的光辉洒满了大地。
Tàiyáng de guānghuī sǎ mǎn le dàdì.
The sun's radiance spilled across the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 光辉
今天 太阳 太大，别晒太久。
Jīntiān tàiyáng tài dà, bié shài tài jiǔ.
The sun is strong today; do not stay out in it too long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 晒
今天 太阳 好，正好晾被子。
Jīntiān tàiyáng hǎo, zhènghǎo liàng bèizi.
The sun is good today, just right for airing the quilts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 晾
她安详地坐在院子里晒 太阳 。
Tā ānxiáng de zuò zài yuànzi lǐ shài tàiyáng.
She sat serenely in the courtyard, basking in the sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安详
地球绕 太阳 沿椭圆轨道运行。
Dìqiú rào tàiyáng yán tuǒyuán guǐdào yùnxíng.
The earth travels round the sun in an elliptical orbit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 椭圆
太阳 向四周放射出耀眼的光芒。
Tàiyáng xiàng sìzhōu fàngshè chū yàoyǎn de guāngmáng.
The sun radiated dazzling light in every direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 放射
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From the graded readers
早上有 太阳 ，不冷也不热。
zǎoshang yǒu tàiyáng, bù lěng yěbù rè.
There was sun in the morning; it wasn't cold or hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
然后， 太阳 慢慢地出来了，山上的风景美极了。
ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
Questions about 太阳
How is 太阳 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 太阳 (tàiyáng, "Sun"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 太阳 an HSK word?
Yes — 太阳 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 太阳?
The dictionary page for 太阳 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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