天只

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.]

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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. [Pinyin]

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓˇ
    • 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

1. (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 [the country of this] 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

     [Her mother] gave birth to the queen in the western parts of the capital [Seoul], in a private residence at Bansongbang. Prior to this, her mother had dreamed of the sun and the moon rising from her two shoulders.