天公生
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天公生) | 天公 | 生 | |
| simp. #(天公生) | 天公 | 生 | |
| Literally: “birth of the Heavenly Lord”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ / Thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāngōngshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tiangongsheng
- Wade–Giles: Tʻien1-kung1-shêng1
- Yale: Tyān-gūng-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiangongsheng
- Palladius: Тяньгуншэн (Tjanʹgunšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Thinn-kong-sinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kongsvy
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³ sĩ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Thinn-kong-senn
- Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kongsvef
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
Proper noun
天公生
- (chiefly Hokkien, Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the birthday festival of the Jade Emperor on the ninth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar