遮天

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	day; sky; heaven
trad. (遮天)		遮	天
simp. #(遮天)		遮	天
anagram		天遮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhētiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ tin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châ-thiên

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhētiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhetian
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: jē-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jetian
    • Palladius: чжэтянь (čžɛtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ tin¹
    • Yale: jē tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châ-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: za^ˊ tien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: za¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sa²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/

Verb

遮天

1. (literary) to block out the sky (describing a vast number of objects)

Derived terms

• 一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)
• 遮天映日
• 遮天蓋地 / 遮天盖地
• 遮天蓋日 / 遮天盖日
• 遮天蔽日 (zhētiānbìrì)
• 遮天迷日
• 隻手遮天 / 只手遮天 (zhīshǒuzhētiān)