天機
See also: 天机
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | machine; opportunity; secret | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天機) | 天 | 機 | |
| simp. (天机) | 天 | 机 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjī
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianji
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-chi1
- Yale: tyān-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianji
- Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 gei1
- Yale: tīn gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 gei1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 géi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-ki
- Tâi-lô: thian-ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: tienky
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ki³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
天機
- mystery only known to Heaven; God's design; inscrutable twist of fate
- (figurative) top secret
- (obsolete) unworldly cast of mind; heavenly insight / intuition
- 非子天機清妙者，豈能以此不急之務相邀？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: circa 732, Wang Wei,《山中與裴迪秀才書》, translated by Arthur Waley
- Fēi zǐ tiānjī qīngmiào zhě, qǐnéng yǐcǐ bù jí zhī wù xiāng yāo? [Pinyin]
- Did I not know the natural subtlety of your intelligence, I would not dare address to you so remote an invitation.
非子天机清妙者，岂能以此不急之务相邀？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 機 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
き Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
天機 • (tenki)