天帝

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	emperor
simp. and trad. (天帝)		天	帝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiandì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: tyān-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandih
    • Palladius: тяньди (tjanʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ dai³
    • Yale: tīn dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tɐi̯³³/

Proper noun

天帝

1. (archaic, Chinese mythology) Deity of Heaven; Emperor of Heaven; Celestial Ruler

Synonyms

• 后帝 (hòudì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天帝):

• → Japanese: 天帝(てんてい) (tentei)
• → Korean: 천제(天帝) (cheonje)
• → Vietnamese: thiên đế (天帝)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天帝” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].