天使
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Chinese
| sky; heavens | envoy; messenger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天使) |
天 | 使 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin1 si3 / tin1 si5
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen1 lhu2
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi-sy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianshǐh
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-shih3
- Yale: tyān-shř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyy
- Palladius: тяньши (tjanʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 si3 / tin1 si5
- Yale: tīn si / tīn síh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 si3 / tin1 si5
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 xi3 / tin1 xi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hen1 lhu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hen³³ ɬu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ siiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 si3
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (s-)nøy²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sài
- Tâi-lô: thian-sài
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiensaix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sù
- Tâi-lô: thian-sù
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiensux
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sìr
- Tâi-lô: thian-sìr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tiang1 sai3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang sài
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ sai²¹³/
- Wu
Noun
天使
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Zhuang: denhsij
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 使 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 3 |
| goon | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH).
Pronunciation
Noun
- an angel
- 天使と悪魔
- Tenshi to Akuma
- Angels & Demons
- 天使と悪魔
- an imperial messenger or envoy
- a messenger or envoy from heaven
- (figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel
Quotations
- See Citations:天使.
Hyponyms
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 使 |
Noun
天使 • (cheonsa or McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏnsa or Yale: chensa) (hangeul 천사)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 使 |
Noun
天使