天公
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天公) | 天 | 公 | |
| simp. #(天公) | 天 | 公 | |
| Literally: “lord of heaven”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 gung1
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngōng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiangong
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-kung1
- Yale: tyān-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangong
- Palladius: тяньгун (tjanʹgun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 gung1
- Yale: tīn gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kûng
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ gungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 gung1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˋ gungˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰien⁵³ kuŋ⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kong
- Tâi-lô: thinn-kong
- Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kofng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tin1 gong1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ kong
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Noun
天公
- God; ruler of Heaven
- (literary, Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the Jade Emperor
- (literary or dialectal) the heavens; weather
Synonyms
- (God): 老天爺/老天爷 (lǎotiānyé), 老天 (lǎotiān), 天老爺/天老爷 (tiānlǎoye); (Hokkien) 天公祖, 天公伯仔
- (the Jade Emperor):
Dialectal synonyms of 玉皇大帝 (“Jade Emperor”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玉皇大帝, 玉帝 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玉皇大帝 |
| Singapore | 玉皇大帝, 玉帝 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 玉皇大帝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 玉皇爺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 玉皇大帝, 玉帝 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 玉皇大帝 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 玉皇大帝, 玉皇 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 玉皇大帝, 天公, 天公爺, 玉皇上帝, 天神爺 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 玉皇大帝, 天公, 天神爺, 天帝, 玉帝, 玉皇, 玉皇上帝 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 玉皇大帝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 玉皇大帝, 玉皇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 玉皇大帝 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 玉皇大帝 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 玉皇上帝 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 玉皇大帝 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Tainan | 玉皇大帝, 天公 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 玉皇大帝 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 天公 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 天公 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 天公 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 玉皇大帝 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 玉皇大帝 |
| Jinhua | 玉皇大帝 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玉皇菩薩, 玉皇大帝 |
| Loudi | 玉皇大帝, 玉帝老子 | |
- (weather):
Dialectal synonyms of 天氣 (“weather”) [map]
Derived terms
- 天公伯仔
- 天公生 (Tiāngōngshēng)
- 天公祖
- 天公金
- 天頂天公,地上母舅公 / 天顶天公,地上母舅公