樂天

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	day; sky; heaven
trad. (樂天)		樂	天
simp. (乐天)		乐	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lètiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lètiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lètian
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: lè-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtian
    • Palladius: лэтянь (lɛtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ tin¹
    • Yale: lohk tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-thian
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logtiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

樂天

1. (literary) to happily follow Heaven's decree
2. to be carefree; to be happy-go-lucky; to be optimistic

Usage notes

樂天 is also the translation of the names of two unrelated companies, Lotte and Rakuten, in Chinese.