黃天

See also: 黄天

Chinese

		yellow	day; sky; heaven
trad. (黃天)		黃	天
simp. (黄天)		黄	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huángtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huángtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huángtian
  - Wade–Giles: huang²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: hwáng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangtian
  - Palladius: хуантянь (xuantjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    皇天
    黃天 / 黄天
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ tin¹
  - Yale: wòhng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

黃天

(literary) summer

Proper noun

黃天

(historical) the self-appellation of Zhang Jue (?–184), leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
- 訛言「蒼天已死，黃天當立。歲在甲子，天下大吉」。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  讹言「苍天已死，黄天当立。岁在甲子，天下大吉」。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  É yán “cāngtiān yǐ sǐ, Huángtiān dāng lì. Suì zài jiǎzǐ, tiānxià dàjí”. [Pinyin]
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