天球

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (天球)		天	球

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiancióu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻiu²
  - Yale: tyān-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchyou
  - Palladius: тяньцю (tjanʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānqiúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiancióur
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: tyān-chyóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchyoul
  - Palladius: тяньцюр (tjanʹcjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ kau⁴
  - Yale: tīn kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

天球

celestial sphere

Derived terms

天球儀 / 天球仪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	球
てん Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

天(てん)球(きゅう) • (tenkyū)

celestial sphere

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	球

Noun

天球 • (cheon'gu) (hangeul 천구)

hanja form^? of 천구 (“celestial sphere”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	球

Noun

天球

chữ Hán form of thiên cầu (“celestial sphere”)