真命天子

Chinese

			Son of Heaven; emperor
trad. (真命天子/眞命天子)		真命/眞命	天子
simp. (真命天子)		真命	天子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnmìng tiānzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnmìng tiānzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenmìng tianzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-ming⁴ tʻien¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jēn-mìng tyān-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenminq tiantzyy
    • Palladius: чжэньмин тяньцзы (čžɛnʹmin tjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ zi²
    • Yale: jān mihng tīn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ ming⁶ tin¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

真命天子

1. (historical) preordained emperor
2. one's Mr. Right or (less commonly) Miss Right