天后

Chinese

	day; sky; heaven	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (天后)	天	后
anagram	后天
Literally: “Empress of Heaven”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiānhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hau⁶
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiêng¹ hou⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-heu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tianhòu
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-hou⁴
  - Yale: Tyān-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianhow
  - Palladius: Тяньхоу (Tjanʹxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ hau⁶
  - Yale: tīn hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiêng¹ hou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thieng hŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hou³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thi-heu
  - MiniDict: thi^平 heu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-heu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ hɤ²¹/

Proper noun

天后

(religion, Chinese mythology) epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖)
(historical) regnal name of Wu Zetian
Tin Hau (an area of Hong Kong)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天上聖母, 媽祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	媽祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	媽祖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai	天后, 海神娘娘
Cantonese	Hong Kong	天后, 天后娘娘
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	媽祖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天妃娘娘
	Changting	天上聖母
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媽祖
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	媽祖婆
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	媽祖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媽祖
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	媽祖婆
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	媽祖
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	媽祖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	媽祖, 媽祖婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽祖婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆婆
Eastern Min	Matsu	媽祖婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	媽祖
	Quanzhou	媽祖
	Zhangzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Zhao'an	媽祖
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	媽祖
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	媽祖
	Kaohsiung	媽祖婆仔, 媽祖, 天上聖母
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	媽祖婆
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	媽祖, 天上聖母
	Yilan (Luodong)	媽祖
	Yilan (Toucheng)	媽祖
	Changhua (Yongjing)	媽祖婆
	Tainan	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Tainan (Anping)	媽祖, 天上聖母
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	媽祖
	Penghu (Xiyu)	媽祖
	Penang (Hokkien)	媽祖婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	媽祖
	Longyan	姑婆
	Shantou	媽祖
	Shantou (Chenghai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	媽祖
	Jieyang	媽祖
	Haifeng	媽祖
	Singapore (Teochew)	媽祖
	Leizhou	婆嬭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	婆祖
Puxian Min	Putian	媽祖
Puxian Min	Xianyou	媽祖
Wu	Shanghai	天妃
	Ningbo	天妃娘娘
	Wenzhou	天妃娘娘

Derived terms

天后宮 (tiānhòugōng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天后):

→ Vietnamese: Thiên Hậu (天后)

Noun

天后

(literary) emperor
(figurative) influential woman

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	后

Proper noun

天后

chữ Hán form of Thiên Hậu