天妃

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	imperial concubine
trad. (天妃)		天	妃
simp. #(天妃)		天	妃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fei¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹thi-fi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianfei
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-fei¹
    • Yale: Tyān-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianfei
    • Palladius: Тяньфэй (Tjanʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fei¹
    • Yale: tīn fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-fi
    • MiniDict: thi^平 fi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-fi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ fi²¹/

Proper noun

天妃

1. (religion) "Heavenly Concubine" or "Consort", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天上聖母, 媽祖
Mandarin	Taiwan	媽祖
	Singapore	媽祖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	天后
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	媽祖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天妃娘娘
	Changting	天上聖母
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽祖娘, 媽祖姑婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	媽祖, 媽祖婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽祖婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆婆
	Matsu	媽祖婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	媽祖
	Quanzhou	媽祖
	Zhangzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Tainan	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	媽祖婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	媽祖
	Longyan	姑婆
	Shantou	媽祖
	Shantou (Chenghai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	媽祖
	Jieyang	媽祖
	Haifeng	媽祖
	Singapore (Teochew)	媽祖
	Leizhou	婆嬭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	婆祖
Wu	Shanghai	天妃
	Ningbo	天妃娘娘
	Wenzhou	天妃娘娘