天成
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth | ||
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| simp. and trad. (天成) |
天 | 成 | |
| anagram | 成天 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchéng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianchéng
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-chʻêng2
- Yale: tyān-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancherng
- Palladius: тяньчэн (tjanʹčɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: then dzyeng
Verb
天成
- to be endowed or created by nature; to form naturally (with no artificiality)
- 羲之之書晚乃善，則其所能，蓋亦以精力自致者，非天成也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1048 Oct. 21, 曾鞏 (Zeng Gong),《墨池記》(The Ink Pond)
- Xīzhī zhī shū wǎn nǎi shàn, zé qí suǒ néng, gài yì yǐ jīnglì zì zhì zhě, fēi tiānchéng yě. [Pinyin]
- The calligraphy of Wang Xizhi was not perfected until late in his life. In other words, instead of being a born calligrapher, he acquired his skill through the energetic pursuit of the art.
羲之之书晚乃善，则其所能，盖亦以精力自致者，非天成也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
- 渾然天成 / 浑然天成
Proper noun
天成
- era name of Emperor Min of Liang (555)
- era name of An Qingxu (757–759)
- one of the era names of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (926–930)