通天

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	day; sky; heaven
trad. (通天)		通	天
simp. #(通天)		通	天
Literally: “to interlink with the heavens”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-thian / thong-thiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongtian
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: tūng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongtian
    • Palladius: тунтянь (tuntjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ tin¹
    • Yale: tūng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-thian
    • Tâi-lô: thong-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongtiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thong-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongtvy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

通⫽天 (verb-object)

1. (figurative) to be exceedingly great
2. (figurative) to have direct access to the highest authorities
3. (Cantonese, figurative) to have let the cat out of the bag