天只

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Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	exclamative particle
simp. and trad. (天只)		天	只

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry:

母也天只、不諒人只。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

母也天只、不谅人只。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Mǔ yě tiān zhǐ, bù liàng rén zhǐ.

O mother, o Heaven, why will you not understand me?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄓˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chih³
  - Yale: tyān-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjyy
  - Palladius: тяньчжи (tjanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

天只

(Korean Classical Chinese) mother
- 國中之人若亡天只悲慟甚於后崩之日。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 1280s, 一然 (Il-yeon), 《三國遺事》 (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms)
  As if they had lost their mother, the great sorrow of the people of the country exceeded the day when the queen had passed away.
- 朝食後，告辭天只前，則教「以好赴，大雪國辱。」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 1594, 李舜臣 (Yi Sun-sin), 《亂中日記》 (War Diary of Admiral Yi)
  After the morning meal, I said my farewells to Mother. Then she instructed me: "Go well; fully cleanse national humiliation."
- 誕后于京師西部 ^盤松坊之私第。先是，天只之夢，日月生于兩肩。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1701
  gave birth to the queen in the western parts of the capital , in a private residence at Bansongbang. Prior to this, her mother had dreamed of the sun and the moon rising from her two shoulders.

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