天長節

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (天長節)		天	長	節
simp. (天长节)		天	长	节

Etymology

天長 / 天长 is short for 天長地久／天长地久 (tiānchángdìjiǔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānchángjié

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng⁴ zit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchángjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianchángjié
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻang²-chieh²
  - Yale: tyān-cháng-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancharngjye
  - Palladius: тяньчанцзе (tjanʹčancze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ coeng⁴ zit³
  - Yale: tīn chèuhng jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng⁴ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: then drjang tset

Rime
Character	天	長	節
Reading #	1/1	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	澄 (11)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	陽 (105)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	他前切	直良切	子結切
Baxter	then	drjang	tset
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/ɖiɐŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/ȡiɑŋ/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/ɖɨaŋ/	/t͡sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/ȡiaŋ/	/t͡set̚/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/ȡĭaŋ/	/t͡siet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/t͡siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	cháng	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin¹	coeng⁴	zit³

Noun

天長節

(historical) a festival which was originally Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's birthday and was later merged with Mid-Autumn Festival.

Synonyms

(related to the birthday of a Chinese emperor)

萬壽節／万寿节 (wànshòujié)
聖誕／圣诞 (shèngdàn)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 天長節

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	長	節
てん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 天長節 / 天长节 (tiānchángjié). First used by Emperor Kōnin of the Nara Period to refer to his birthday and those of subsequent emperors, and later disused. The term was revived during the reign of Emperor Meiji, nearly a millennium later.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

天(てん)長(ちょう)節(せつ) • (tenchōsetsu) ^{←てんちやうせつ (tentyausetu)^?}

(historical) synonym of 天皇誕生日

Coordinate terms

地(ち)久(きゅう)節(せつ) (chikyūsetsu, “Empress's birthday”)