天安門廣場

See also: 天安门广场

Chinese

		square; plaza
trad. (天安門廣場)	天安門	廣場
simp. (天安门广场)	天安门	广场
Literally: “square of heavenly peace gate^[1]”.

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng, Tiān'ānmén Guǎngcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄊㄧㄢㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ on¹ mun⁴ gwong² coeng⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ on¹ mon³ gong² ciang³ / hen¹ on¹ mon³ gong² ciang^3*
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Thian-an-mn̂g Kóng-tiûⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ ang¹ mung⁵ guang² dion⁵ / tiêng¹ ang¹ mung⁵ guang² diên⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng [Phonetic: tiānānménguángchǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tian-anmén Guǎngchǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-an¹-mên² Kuang³-chʻang³
  - Yale: Tyān-ān-mén Gwǎng-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiananmen Goangchaang
  - Palladius: Тяньаньмэнь Гуанчан (Tjanʹanʹmɛnʹ Guančan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiān'ānmén Guǎngcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄢㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tian-anmén Guǎngcháng
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-an¹-mên² Kuang³-chʻang²
  - Yale: Tyān-ān-mén Gwǎng-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiananmen Goangcharng
  - Palladius: Тяньаньмэнь Гуанчан (Tjanʹanʹmɛnʹ Guančan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ mən³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴ gwong² coeng⁴
  - Yale: tīn ōn mùhn gwóng chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴ gwong² tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ on¹ mun⁴ guong² cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹ kʷɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hen¹ on¹ mon³ gong² ciang³ / hen¹ on¹ mon³ gong² ciang^3*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ ᵘɔn³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²² kɔŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/, /hen³³ ᵘɔn³³ ᵐbᵘɔn²² kɔŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-an-mn̂g Kóng-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Thian-an-mn̂g Kóng-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tien'anmngg kofngdviuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ an³³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² an⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ an⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiũ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiang¹ ang¹ mung⁵ guang² dion⁵ / tiêng¹ ang¹ mung⁵ guang² diên⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang ang mûng kuáng tiôⁿ / thieng ang mûng kuáng tiêⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩõ⁵⁵/, /tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ aŋ³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩẽ⁵⁵/

Note:

tiang1 ang1 mung5 guang2 diên5 - Chaozhou;
tiang1 ang1 mung5 guang2 dion5 - Jieyang, Shantou.

Proper noun

天安門廣場

Tiananmen Square (a plaza in Beijing, China)

Synonyms

(short form) 天安門／天安门 (Tiān'ānmén)

Descendants

→ English: Tiananmen Square, Tian'anmen Square, Tian An Men Square, Tienanmen Square

References

^ “Tiananmen Square, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. "Origin Chinese, literally ‘square of heavenly peace’."

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	安	門	廣	場
てん Grade: 1	あん Grade: 3	もん Grade: 2	ひろ Jinmeiyō	ば Grade: 2
on'yomi			kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 天安門廣場 – see the following entry.

【天安門広場てんあんもんひろば】

[proper noun] Tiananmen Square (a square in Beijing, China)

(This term, 天安門廣場, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

[1] “Tiananmen Square, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. "Origin Chinese, literally ‘square of heavenly peace’."

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