天宮

See also: 天宫

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	palace; uterus
trad. (天宮)		天	宮
simp. (天宫)		天	宫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-kiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ gêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiangong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kung¹
    • Yale: tyān-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangong
    • Palladius: тяньгун (tjanʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gung¹
    • Yale: tīn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: thian-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienkiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ gêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang keng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ³³/

Noun

天宮

1. (Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion or Taoism) heavenly palace; abode of the gods (e.g. of the Jade Emperor - 玉皇大帝 Yùhuáng Dadì)
2. (archaeology) a palace at a high place (in which relics are kept)

   Antonym: 地宮／地宫 (dìgōng)

Derived terms

• 天宮圖／天宫图 (tiāngōngtú)
• 孫悟空大鬧天宮——慌了神／孙悟空大闹天宫——慌了神 (Sūn Wùkōng dà nào tiāngōng, huāng le shén)

 

Proper noun

天宮

1. Tiangong-1 (the name of the first Chinese space station, Tiangong-1 - 天宮一號 Tiāngōng yī hào).
2. Tiangong (the name of the third and current modular Chinese space station).

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天宮” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	宮
あま Grade: 1	みや Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Proper noun

天(あま)宮(みや) • (Amamiya) 

1. a surname