天尊

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to honour
trad. (天尊)		天	尊
simp. ^#(天尊)		天	尊

Etymology

“Bhagavan”

Calque of Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān, “[he who is] honored by the gods”), with भग (bhaga) used in the sense of "gods". Displaced by 世尊 (Shìzūn) in later translations.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānzūn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianzun
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tsun¹
  - Yale: tyān-dzwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzuen
  - Palladius: тяньцзунь (tjanʹczunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zyun¹
  - Yale: tīn jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

天尊

(archaic) Heaven
(Taoism) deity

Derived terms

元始天尊

Proper noun

天尊

(Buddhism, archaic) Bhagavan; Lord; Honoured One (title of the Buddha)
Synonyms: 世尊 (Shìzūn), 天中天
- 如今天尊，救護世間；願我後世，得道如佛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  如今天尊，救护世间；愿我后世，得道如佛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 佛本行經
  Rújīn Tiānzūn, jiùhù shìjiān; yuàn wǒ hòu shì, dé dào rú fó. [Pinyin]
  "The One Honored by the Gods is saving the world at present; may I in later lives attain the Way like the Buddha."
(Church of the East, historical) God the Father

Synonyms

Terms for God in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	上帝, 神, 真神
Roman Catholic	天主, 僚氏 Hokkien, historical
Eastern Orthodox	上帝
Church of the East	阿羅訶, 天尊, 真主