天明
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]day; sky; heaven | clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty | ||
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simp. and trad. (天明) |
天 | 明 | |
anagram | 明天 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianmíng
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-ming2
- Yale: tyān-míng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianming
- Palladius: тяньмин (tjanʹmin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 ming4
- Yale: tīn mìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 ming4
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ming4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]天明
- to break (of dawn)
- 殺到天明,張梁、張寶引敗殘軍士,奪路而走。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
- Shā dào tiānmíng, Zhāng Liáng, Zhāng Bǎo yǐn bàicán jūnshì, duólù ér zǒu. [Pinyin]
- The battle continued until dawn. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, with a group of flying rebels, found a way of escape.
杀到天明,张梁、张宝引败残军士,夺路而走。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 眾鳥同枝宿,天明各自飛。人生亦如此,何必淚沾衣。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: Anonymous poem quoted in《芝峰類說》, 1614
- Jung jo dong ji suk, cheonmyeong gak ja bi. Insaeng yeog yeocha, hapil nu cheom ui. [Sino-Korean]
- A flock of birds sleep on the same branch, but dawn breaks and they fly away on their own. Life is like this; why should your tears wet my robes?
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 明 |
てん Grade: 1 |
めい Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- 夜明け (yoake)
Proper noun
[edit]- the Tenmei era, 1781-1789
See also
[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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天 | 明 |
Noun
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