天書
See also: 天书
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | book; letter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天書) | 天 | 書 | |
| simp. (天书) | 天 | 书 | |
| Literally: “heavenly book”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 syu1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chir / thian-su / thian-si
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshū
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianshu
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-shu1
- Yale: tyān-shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshu
- Palladius: тяньшу (tjanʹšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 syu1
- Yale: tīn syū
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 sy1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 xu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chir
- Tâi-lô: thian-tsir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-su
- Tâi-lô: thian-su
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiensw
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-si
- Tâi-lô: thian-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiensy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
天書
- (archaic) imperial edict
- (archaic) book that has come from the heavens or immortal spirits
- (figuratively) incomprehensible or undecipherable text; nonsense; gobbledygook