通天

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Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	day; sky; heaven
trad. (通天)		通	天
simp. ^#(通天)		通	天
Literally: “to interlink with the heavens”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongtian
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: tūng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongtian
  - Palladius: тунтянь (tuntjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ tin¹
  - Yale: tūng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thong-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongtvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

通⫽天 (verb-object)

(figurative) to be exceedingly great
(figurative) to have direct access to the highest authorities
(Cantonese, figurative) to have let the cat out of the bag

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