天明

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (天明)		天	明
anagram		明天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianmíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ming²
    • Yale: tyān-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianming
    • Palladius: тяньмин (tjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: tīn mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Verb

天明

1. to break (of dawn)

See also

• 天亮 (tiānliàng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	明
てん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)明(めい) • (tenmei) 

1. daybreak

Synonyms

• 夜明(よあ)け (yoake)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	明

Noun

天明 • (cheonmyeong) (hangeul 천명)

1. Hanja form^? of 천명.