天然

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (天然)		天	然
simp. #(天然)		天	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-yèn / thiên-yàn
• Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-iòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-liân / thian-jiân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianrán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-jan²
    • Yale: tyān-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianran
    • Palladius: тяньжань (tjanʹžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: tīn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-liân
    • Tâi-lô: thian-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: thian-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-zoe
    • MiniDict: thi^平 zoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ zø²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 天然

1. natural (produced by nature)

Usage notes

天然 (tiānrán) can only be used as an attributive to describe things that are literally produced by nature. Unlike the usual term for natural, 自然 (zìrán), it cannot be graded or used figuratively.

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	然
てん Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

天(てん)然(ねん) • (tennen) 

1. being natural
2. Short for 天然惚け.: airheaded

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	然

Noun

天然 • (cheonyeon) (hangeul 천연)

1. Hanja form^? of 천연 (“natural”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	然

Noun

天然

1. chữ Hán form of thiên nhiên (“nature”).