天方

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Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (天方)		天	方
anagram		方天

Etymology

Alteration of 天房 (Tiānfáng) (per Xiyang chaogong dianlu 西洋朝貢典錄 , 1520 CE).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiānfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tianfang
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-fang¹
  - Yale: Tyān-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianfang
  - Palladius: Тяньфан (Tjanʹfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹
  - Yale: tīn fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天方

(obsolete) Mecca; (in general) Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East
- 雖載在天方之書，而不異乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虽载在天方之书，而不异乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1710, 劉智 (Liu Zhi), 《天方典禮》 (The Rites of Islam)
  Suī zǎi zài tiānfāng zhī shū, ér bù yì hū rúzhě zhī diǎn.
  Though set out in books from the Islamic countries, they are no different from the classics of the Confucians.

Synonyms

麥加／麦加 (Màijiā)

Derived terms

天方國 / 天方国
天方夜譚 / 天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
天方教 (Tiānfāngjiào)

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