關天

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	day; sky; heaven
trad. (關天)		關	天
simp. (关天)		关	天
anagram		天關／天关

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guantian
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: gwān-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guantian
    • Palladius: гуаньтянь (guanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Verb

關天

1. to concern the fate or destiny (天命)
2. to be of utmost importance

Derived terms

• 人命關天 / 人命关天 (rénmìngguāntiān)
• 性命關天 / 性命关天 (xìngmìngguāntiān)