恩典

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (恩典)		恩	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēndiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ din²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-tién
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-tián / in-tián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēndiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: endiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹-tien³
    • Yale: ēn-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: endean
    • Palladius: эньдянь (enʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ din²
    • Yale: yān dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ tiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: en^ˊ dien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /en²⁴ ti̯en³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-tián
    • Tâi-lô: un-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: undiern
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-tián
    • Tâi-lô: in-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: indiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 恩典

1. favour; grace; kindness; blessing

   恩典時代／恩典时代  ―  ēndiǎn shídài  ―  The Age of Grace

   • 奴才替天下百姓感激皇太后恩典！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Núcái tì tiānxià bǎixìng gǎnjī huángtàihòu ēndiǎn! [Pinyin]

     I, on behalf of the people throughout the world, [hereby] express my gratitude for the kindness of the empress dowager!

Synonyms

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• 恩 (ēn)
• 恩德 (ēndé)
• 恩惠 (ēnhuì)
• 恩情 (ēnqíng)
• 恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
• 恩施 (ēnshī) (literary)
• 恩義／恩义 (ēnyì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩典):

• → Japanese: 恩典(おんてん) (onten)
• → Korean: 은전(恩典) (eunjeon)
• → Vietnamese: ân điển (恩典)