Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 甜, 天, 恬, 添, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /tʰjɛn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 甜 (tián) meaning "sweet", 天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven", 恬 (tián) meaning "calm, quiet, tranquil, peaceful" or 添 (tiān) meaning "add, increase", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.