天子

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (天子)		天	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): thian-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zi²
    • Yale: tīn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzi²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

天子

1. Son of Heaven; emperor

References

• Emperor of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Emperor of China
• “天子”, in Chinese-Tools.com^[1] (in Mandarin and English), accessed 2008-01-05