天子

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chír / thian-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tyān-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzyy
    • Palladius: тяньцзы (tjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zi²
    • Yale: tīn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chír
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天子

1. Son of Heaven; emperor

Descendants

• → Chagatai: اسمان نینک اوغلی (calque)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
  ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (tngri-yin köbegün) (calque)
• → Manchu: ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
  ᠵᡠᡳ (abkai jui) (calque)
• → Tibetan: གནམ་གྱི་བུ (gnam gyi bu) (calque)

(deprecated template usage)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	子

Noun

天子 • (cheonja) (hangeul 천자)

1. Hanja form^? of 천자 (“the Emperor of China, Son of Heaven”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	子

Noun

天子

1. chữ Hán form of thiên tử (“Son of Heaven”).