擎天

Chinese

		to raise (hand)	day; sky; heaven
trad. (擎天)		擎	天
simp. #(擎天)		擎	天
Literally: “to hold up the sky”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngtian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: chíng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngtian
    • Palladius: цинтянь (cintjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: kìhng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-thian
    • Tâi-lô: khîng-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengtiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Adjective

擎天

1. (literary) having great strength

Derived terms

• 一柱擎天
• 擎天之柱
• 擎天手
• 擎天柱
• 擎天架海
• 擎天玉柱
• 擎天駕海 / 擎天驾海 (qíngtiān jià hǎi)
• 架海擎天
• 隻手擎天 / 只手擎天