天擇

See also: 天择

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick
trad. (天擇)		天	擇
simp. (天择)		天	择

Etymology

Coined by Chinese translator Yan Fu in his translation of Evolution and Ethics by Thomas Henry Huxley.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zaak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-te̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianzé
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tsê²
    • Yale: tyān-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzer
    • Palladius: тяньцзэ (tjanʹczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zaak⁶
    • Yale: tīn jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡saːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thian-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ tiɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚⁴/

Noun

天擇

1. natural selection

Synonyms

• 自然選擇／自然选择 (zìrán xuǎnzé)
• 自然淘汰 (zìrán táotài)