天使

Chinese

		sky; heavens	envoy; messenger
simp. and trad. (天使)		天	使

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄕˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ si³ / tin¹ si⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ lhu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiên-sṳ́

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ si³
Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-sài / thian-sài / thian-sù / thian-sìr

(Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ sai³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shih³
  - Yale: tyān-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyy
  - Palladius: тяньши (tjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ si³ / tin¹ si⁵
  - Yale: tīn si / tīn síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ si³ / tin¹ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xi³ / tin¹ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hen¹ lhu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ ɬu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ si³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiên¹ si³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nøy²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-sài
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvisaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ sai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sài
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sù
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sìr
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiang¹ sai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang sài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ sai²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thi-sy
  - MiniDict: thi^平 sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

天使

angel
(obsolete) envoy sent by Heaven or Son of Heaven; imperial or heavenly emissary

Synonyms

(angel): (Dungan) 天仙, (obsolete) 安琪兒／安琪儿 (ānqí'ér)

Derived terms

墮天使 / 堕天使 (duòtiānshǐ)
天使島 / 天使岛 (Tiānshǐdǎo)
天使用戶 / 天使用户 (tiānshǐ yònghù)
天使輪 / 天使轮 (tiānshǐlún)
天使長 / 天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)
天使魚 / 天使鱼 (tiānshǐyú)
守護天使 / 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)
智天使 (zhìtiānshǐ)
熾天使 / 炽天使 (chìtiānshǐ)
白衣天使 (báiyī tiānshǐ)
雪天使 (xuětiānshǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天使):

→ Japanese: 天(てん)使(し) (tenshi)
→ Korean: 천사(天使) (cheonsa)
→ Vietnamese: thiên sứ (天使)

Others:

→ Zhuang: denhsij

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	使
てん Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんし [téꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

天(てん)使(し) • (tenshi)

an angel
天(てん)使(し)と悪(あく)魔(ま)
Tenshi to Akuma
Angels & Demons
an imperial messenger or envoy
a messenger or envoy from heaven
(figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel

Quotations

See Citations:天使.

Hyponyms

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	使

Noun

天使 • (cheonsa or McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏnsa or Yale: chensa) (hangeul 천사)

hanja form^? of 천사 (“angel”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	使

Noun

天使

chữ Hán form of thiên sứ (“angel”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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