天際

See also: 天际

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	border; edge; boundary border; edge; boundary; between; among; interval; while
trad. (天際)		天	際
simp. (天际)		天	际

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānjì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ zai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ dai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chi⁴
  - Yale: tyān-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjih
  - Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zai³
  - Yale: tīn jai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hen¹ dai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ tai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chè
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se²¹/

Middle Chinese: then tsjejH

Rime
Character	天	際
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	他前切	子例切
Baxter	then	tsjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/t͡siᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/t͡siɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/t͡sjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/t͡siaj^H/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/t͡siɛi^H/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/t͡sĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/t͡si̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin¹	zai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n] [ts][a]p-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰl'iːn ʔsleds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	天	天	際
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiān	xiān	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ then ›	‹ xen ›	‹ tsjej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁi[n]/	/l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time xˁ- > MC x-)	/*[ts][a]p-s/
English	heaven	heaven	connection
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	天	際
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12387	5840
Phonetic component	天	祭
Rime group	眞	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	天	祭
Old Chinese	/*qʰl'iːn/	/*ʔsleds/

Noun

天際

(literary) horizon; edge of the sky
- 豐其屋，天際翔也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  丰其屋，天际翔也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Fēng qí wū, tiānjì xiáng yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

地平線／地平线 (dìpíngxiàn)
天邊／天边 (tiānbiān)

Derived terms

天際真人 / 天际真人
天際線 / 天际线 (tiānjìxiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天際):

→ Japanese: 天際(てんさい) (tensai)

See also

天涯 (tiānyá)