天長

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (天長)		天	長
simp. (天长)		天	长
anagram		長天／长天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiāncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiancháng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: Tyān-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiancharng
    • Palladius: Тяньчан (Tjanʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: tīn chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

天長

1. (～市) Tianchang (a county-level city in Chuzhou, Anhui, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	長
てん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんちょー [tèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

天(てん)長(ちょう) • (Tenchō) ^{←てんちやう (tentyau)?}

1. the Tenchō era, 824–834

See also

• 弘仁(こうにん) (Kōnin) (era preceding Tenchō)
• 承和(じょうわ) (Jōwa) (era following Tenchō)