天際

See also: 天际

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	border; edge; boundary border; edge; boundary; between; among; interval; while
trad. (天際)		天	際
simp. (天际)		天	际

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ zai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ dai¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: tyān-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjih
    • Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zai³
    • Yale: tīn jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hen¹ dai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ tai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chè
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: then tsjejH

Rime
Character	天	際
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	他前切	子例切
Baxter	then	tsjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/t͡siᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/t͡siɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/t͡sjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/t͡siajH/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/t͡siɛiH/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/t͡sĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/t͡si̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	zai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n]  [ts][a]p-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰl'iːn  ʔsleds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	天	天	際
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiān	xiān	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ then ›	‹ xen ›	‹ tsjejH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁi[n]/	/*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-)	/*[ts][a]p-s/
English	heaven	heaven	connection
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	天	際
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12387	5840
Phonetic component	天	祭
Rime group	眞	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	天	祭
Old Chinese	/*qʰl'iːn/	/*ʔsleds/

Noun

天際

1. (literary) horizon; edge of the sky

   • 豐其屋，天際翔也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     丰其屋，天际翔也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Fēng qí wū, tiānjì xiáng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 地平線／地平线 (dìpíngxiàn)
• 天邊／天边 (tiānbiān)

Derived terms

• 天際真人／天际真人
• 天際線／天际线 (tiānjìxiàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天際):

• → Japanese: 天際(てんさい) (tensai)

See also

• 天涯 (tiānyá)