諸天

Chinese

		all; many; various	day; sky; heaven
trad. (諸天)		諸	天
simp. (诸天)		诸	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ tin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû-thiên

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhutian
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: jū-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jutian
    • Palladius: чжутянь (čžutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ tin¹
    • Yale: jyū tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´ tien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyo then

Rime
Character	諸	天
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	章魚切	他前切
Baxter	tsyo	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨʌ/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɔ/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɔ/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨə̆/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɔ/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭo/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wo/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1	tin1

Noun

諸天

1. (Buddhism) the devas; the heavenly beings
2. (literary) heaven; heavens; sky