天后
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Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | empress; queen; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天后) |
天 | 后 | |
| anagram | 后天 | ||
| Literally: “Empress of Heaven”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 hau6
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiêng1 hou6
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi-heu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tianhòu
- Wade–Giles: Tʻien1-hou4
- Yale: Tyān-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianhow
- Palladius: Тяньхоу (Tjanʹxou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 hau6
- Yale: tīn hauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 hau6
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 heo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tiêng1 hou6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thieng hŏu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hou³⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Proper noun
天后
- (religion, Chinese mythology) epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖)
- (historical) regnal name of Wu Zetian
- Tin Hau (an area in Hong Kong)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天上聖母, 媽祖 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 媽祖 |
| Singapore | 媽祖 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 天后 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 媽祖 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 天妃娘娘 | |
| Changting | 天上聖母 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖娘, 媽祖姑婆, 媽祖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 媽祖婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 媽祖, 媽祖婆婆 |
| Matsu | 媽祖婆 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媽祖 |
| Quanzhou | 媽祖 | |
| Zhangzhou | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 | |
| Tainan | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 媽祖婆 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 媽祖 | |
| Longyan | 姑婆 | |
| Shantou | 媽祖 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 媽祖 | |
| Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 媽祖 | |
| Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 媽祖 | |
| Jieyang | 媽祖 | |
| Haifeng | 媽祖 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 媽祖 | |
| Leizhou | 婆嬭 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 婆祖 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 天妃 |
| Ningbo | 天妃娘娘 | |
| Wenzhou | 天妃娘娘 | |
Derived terms
- 天后宮 (tiānhòugōng)
Descendants
Noun
天后
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 后 |
Proper noun
天后