天成

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (天成)		天	成
anagram		成天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchéng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: tyān-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancherng
    • Palladius: тяньчэн (tjanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: then dzyeng

Rime
Character	天	成
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	他前切	是征切
Baxter	then	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	sing4

Verb

天成

1. to be endowed or created by nature; to form naturally (with no artificiality)

   • 羲之之書晚乃善，則其所能，蓋亦以精力自致者，非天成也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     羲之之书晚乃善，则其所能，盖亦以精力自致者，非天成也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1048 Oct. 21, 曾鞏 (Zeng Gong),《墨池記》(The Ink Pond)

     Xīzhī zhī shū wǎn nǎi shàn, zé qí suǒ néng, gài yì yǐ jīnglì zì zhì zhě, fēi tiānchéng yě. [Pinyin]

     The calligraphy of Wang Xizhi was not perfected until late in his life. In other words, instead of being a born calligrapher, he acquired his skill through the energetic pursuit of the art.

Derived terms

• 渾然天成 / 浑然天成

Proper noun

天成

1. era name of Emperor Min of Liang (555)
2. era name of An Qingxu (757–759)
3. one of the era names of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (926–930)