天機

See also: 天机

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (天機)		天	機
simp. (天机)		天	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chi¹
    • Yale: tyān-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianji
    • Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gei¹
    • Yale: tīn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-ki
    • Tâi-lô: thian-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

天機

1. mystery only known to Heaven; God's design; inscrutable twist of fate
2. (figurative) top secret

   一語道破天機／一语道破天机  ―  yīyǔdàopòtiānjī  ―  to lay bare an important secret with one remark

3. (obsolete) unworldly cast of mind; heavenly insight / intuition

   • 非子天機清妙者，豈能以此不急之務相邀？ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     非子天机清妙者，岂能以此不急之务相邀？ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 732, Wang Wei,《山中與裴迪秀才書》, translated by Arthur Waley

     Fēi zǐ tiānjī qīngmiào zhě, qǐnéng yǐcǐ bù jí zhī wù xiāng yāo? [Pinyin]

     Did I not know the natural subtlety of your intelligence, I would ​not dare address to you so remote an invitation.

Derived terms

• 天機不可洩漏 / 天机不可泄漏 (tiānjī bùkě xièlòu)
• 天機雲錦 / 天机云锦
• 洩漏天機 / 泄漏天机
• 漏洩天機 / 漏泄天机
• 走漏天機 / 走漏天机

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	機
てん Grade: 1	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

天(てん)機(き) • (tenki) 

1. profound secret
2. emperor's health
3. the will of heaven