朝天

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (朝天)		朝	天
anagram		天朝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháotian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: cháu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurtian
    • Palladius: чаотянь (čaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: chìuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

朝天

1. to look skyward; to look up
2. (figurative) to have an audience with the emperor; to be presented at court

Proper noun

朝天

1. (～區) Chaotian District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan, China