天江

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	river
simp. and trad. (天江)		天	江

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjiang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: tyān-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjiang
    • Palladius: тяньцзян (tjanʹczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gong¹
    • Yale: tīn gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: then kaewng

Rime
Character	天	江
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	他前切	古雙切
Baxter	then	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/kɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	gong1

Noun

天江

1. (historical) Name of a star.
2. (literary) Milky Way