天命

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	life; fate
simp. and trad. (天命)		天	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiānmìng, Tiānmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянмин (ti͡anmin, I-III) / Тянмин (Ti͡anmin, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-min / Thiên-min
• Jin (Wiktionary): tie¹ ming³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-bēng / Thian-bēng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: tyān-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianminq
    • Palladius: тяньмин (tjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianmìng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: Tyān-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianminq
    • Palladius: Тяньмин (Tjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянмин (ti͡anmin, I-III) / Тянмин (Ti͡anmin, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ miŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰiæ̃²⁴ miŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: tīn mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-min / Thiên-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ min / tien^ˊ min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ min⁴ / tian¹ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ min⁵⁵/, /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ min⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tie¹ ming³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰie¹¹ mĩŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-bēng / Thian-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-bīng / Thian-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienbeng, tienbeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/, /tʰiɛn³³ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/, /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-min
    • MiniDict: thi^平 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ min²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天命

1. the myriad of things in nature which make up the law of nature or natural law
2. the will of heaven
3. the Mandate of Heaven
4. one's fate or destiny

   盡人事而聽天命／尽人事而听天命  ―  jìn rénshì ér tīng tiānmìng  ―  to do one's best and leave the rest to fate

5. one's nature or natural instincts
6. one's innate skills or gifts
7. one's life span or life expectancy

Synonyms

• (the Mandate of Heaven): (literary) 大命 (dàmìng), (literary) 景命 (jǐngmìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天命):

• → Japanese: 天命(てんめい) (tenmei)
• → Korean: 천명(天命) (cheonmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: thiên mệnh (天命)

Proper noun

天命

1. (historical) the Tianming era (a Chinese era name; the era of Nurhaci as khan of the Later Jin, from the proclamation of the dynasty in 1616 until 1627)

References

• 天命 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Mandate of Heaven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(deprecated template usage)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	命

Noun

天命

1. chữ Hán form of thiên mệnh.