天秤

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	steelyard; steel yard; scales
simp. and trad. (天秤)		天	秤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchèng, tiānpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ cing³ / tin¹ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-pêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchèng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻêng⁴
    • Yale: tyān-chèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchenq
    • Palladius: тяньчэн (tjanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianpíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-pʻing²
    • Yale: tyān-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianpyng
    • Palladius: тяньпин (tjanʹpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tin¹ cing³ / tin¹ ping⁴
    • Yale: tīn ching / tīn pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsing³ / tin¹ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ qing³ / tin¹ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienpeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/

Noun

天秤

1. scale; balance (measurement device)
2. (Hong Kong) tower crane

Derived terms

• 天秤座

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	秤
てん Grade: 1	びん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)秤(びん) • (tenbin) 

1. scale, balance

Derived terms

• 天秤座(てんびんざ) (Tenbinza)
• 天秤宮(てんびんきゅう) (Tenbinkyū)
• 天秤棒(てんびんぼう) (tenbinbō)