天鵝

See also: 天鹅 and 天鵞

Chinese

	sky; heaven	goose
trad. (天鵝)	天	鵝
simp. (天鹅)	天	鹅
alternative forms	天鵞／天鹅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tiān'é

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄜˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянңә (ti͡anŋə, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ngo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-ngò
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-gô
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-ngu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian-é
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-o²
  - Yale: tyān-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianer
  - Palladius: тяньэ (tjanʹe)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянңә (ti͡anŋə, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ ŋə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ ngo⁴
  - Yale: tīn ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-ngò
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ ngo^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ ngo²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ŋo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-gô
  - Tâi-lô: thian-gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tien'gooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ɡo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡo²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thi-ngu
  - MiniDict: thi^平 ngu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-ngu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ ŋu²¹/

Noun

天鵝

swan

Synonyms

白天鵝／白天鹅 (báitiān'é)
(literary) 鴻／鸿 (hóng), 鴻鵠／鸿鹄 (hónghú), 鵠／鹄 (hú)

Derived terms

大天鵝 / 大天鹅
天鵝星座 / 天鹅星座
天鵝洲 / 天鹅洲 (Tiān'ézhōu)
天鵝湖 / 天鹅湖
天鵝絨 / 天鹅绒 (tiān'éróng)
天鵝肉 / 天鹅肉
小天鵝 / 小天鹅 (xiǎotiān'é)
幼天鵝 / 幼天鹅 (yòutiān'é)
癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 / 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 (làiháma xiǎng chī tiān'éròu)
白天鵝 / 白天鹅 (báitiān'é)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天鵝):

→ Japanese: 天(てん)鵞(が) (tenga)
→ Korean: 천아(天鵝) (cheona)
→ Vietnamese: thiên nga (天鵝)

Proper noun

天鵝

(～鎮) Tian'e (a town in Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	鵝

Noun

天鵝 • (cheona) (hangeul 천아)

hanja form^? of 천아 (“swan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	鵝

Noun

天鵝

chữ Hán form of thiên nga (“swan”)