刑天

Chinese

		punishment	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (刑天)		刑	天
alternative forms		形夭 形天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xíngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xíngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Síngtian
    • Wade–Giles: Hsing²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: Syíng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyngtian
    • Palladius: Синтянь (Sintjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: yìhng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

刑天

1. (Chinese mythology) Xingtian, the deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity and does not give up even after being decapitated

   • 形天與帝至此（奇肱之國）爭神，帝斷其首，葬之長羊之山。乃以乳為目，以臍為口，操干戚以舞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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     形天与帝至此（奇肱之国）争神，帝断其首，葬之长羊之山。乃以乳为目，以脐为口，操干戚以舞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Xíngtiān yǔ dì zhì cǐ (jī gōng zhī guó) zhēng shén, dì duàn qí shǒu, zàng zhī chángyáng zhī shān. Nǎi yǐ rǔ wéi mù, yǐ qí wéi kǒu, cāo gān qī yǐ wǔ. [Pinyin]

     When Xingtian fought with the Supreme Deity there (the land of people with odd/uneven upper-arms), the Supreme Deity decapitated him and buried his head at Changyang Mountain. [But Xingtian's] nipples became his eyes, his belly button became his mouth and the thrusting of his shield and battle-axe became his dance.