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蒼天

蒼天

See also: 苍天

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	day; sky; heaven
trad. (蒼天)		蒼	天
simp. (苍天)		苍	天

Noun

蒼天

(literary) heaven; the sky; firmament
(literary) the spring

Etymology

From 蒼／苍 (cāng, “dark green; blue”) + 天 (tiān, “sky; heaven”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cāngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ tin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông-thiên

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cāngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ tin¹
  - Yale: chōng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong´ tien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ tian¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/