黃天

See also: 黄天

Chinese

		yellow	day; sky; heaven
trad. (黃天)		黃	天
simp. (黄天)		黄	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángtian
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: hwáng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangtian
    • Palladius: хуантянь (xuantjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: wòhng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

黃天

1. (literary) summer

Proper noun

黃天

1. (historical) the self-appellation of Zhang Jue (?–184), leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

   • 訛言「蒼天已死，黃天當立。歲在甲子，天下大吉」。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     讹言「苍天已死，黄天当立。岁在甲子，天下大吉」。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     É yán “cāngtiān yǐ sǐ, Huángtiān dāng lì. Suì zài jiǎzǐ, tiānxià dàjí”. [Pinyin]

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