天象

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (天象)		天	象
simp. #(天象)		天	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-siǒng / thian-siōng / thian-chhiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansiàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: tyān-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshianq
    • Palladius: тяньсян (tjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: tīn jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ²²/

Noun

天象

1. astronomical phenomena; celestial phenomena
2. meteorological phenomena

Synonyms

• (meteorological phenomena): 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng)

Derived terms

• 天象儀／天象仪 (tiānxiàngyí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	象
てん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 天象

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんしょー [tèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)象(しょう) • (tenshō) ^{←てんしやう (tensyau)?}

1. astronomical phenomena
2. weather

Derived terms

• 天象儀(てんしょうぎ) (tenshōgi, “planetarium”)

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/天象