天公作美

Chinese

		lord of heaven; the Jade Emperor	to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable
trad. (天公作美)		天公	作美
simp. #(天公作美)		天公	作美
Literally: “the heavens are cooperative”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāngōngzuòměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gung¹ zok³ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngōngzuòměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiangongzuòměi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kung¹-tso⁴-mei³
    • Yale: tyān-gūng-dzwò-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangongtzuohmeei
    • Palladius: тяньгунцзомэй (tjanʹgunczomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gung¹ zok³ mei⁵
    • Yale: tīn gūng jok méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gung¹ dzok⁸ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gung¹ zog³ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/

Idiom

天公作美

1. the weather is good, especially for an event

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 天公造美

Antonyms

• 天公不作美