天長節

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (天長節)		天	長	節
simp. (天长节)		天	长	节

Etymology

天長／天长 is short for 天長地久／天长地久 (tiānchángdìjiǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchángjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng⁴ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchángjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchángjié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻang²-chieh²
    • Yale: tyān-cháng-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancharngjye
    • Palladius: тяньчанцзе (tjanʹčancze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ coeng⁴ zit³
    • Yale: tīn chèuhng jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng⁴ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: then drjang tset

Rime
Character	天	長	節
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	澄 (11)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	陽 (105)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	他前切	直良切	子結切
Baxter	then	drjang	tset
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/ɖiɐŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/ȡiɑŋ/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/ɖɨaŋ/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/ȡiaŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/ȡĭaŋ/	/t͡siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/t͡siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	cháng	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	coeng4	zit3

Noun

天長節

1. (historical) a festival which was originally Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's birthday and was later merged with Mid-Autumn Festival

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	長	節
てん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
天長節 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

天(てん)長(ちょう)節(せつ) • (tenchōsetsu) ^{←てんちやうせつ (tentyausetu)?}

1. (historical) Synonym of 天皇誕生日

Coordinate terms

• 地(ち)久(きゅう)節(せつ) (chikyūsetsu, “Empress's birthday”)