天冬

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	winter
simp. and trad. (天冬)		天	冬
anagram		冬天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiandong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tung¹
    • Yale: tyān-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandong
    • Palladius: тяньдун (tjanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tong
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

天冬

1. Alternative name for 天門冬／天门冬 (tiānméndōng, “asparagus”).

Derived terms

• 天冬氨酸 (tiāndōng'ānsuān)
• 天冬胺酸 (tiāndōng'ànsuān)
• 天冬酰胺 (tiāndōngxiān'àn)
• 天冬醯胺 (tiāndōngxī'àn)