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天公

天公

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	just; honorable (designation); public just; honorable (designation); public; common
simp. and trad. (天公)		天	公
Literally: “lord of heaven”.

Noun

天公

(literary) Alternative term for 玉皇 (Yùhuáng).
(literary) the heavens

Etymology

From 天 (tiān, “heaven”) + 公 (gōng, “lord”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiāngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-kûng
Min Nan (POJ): thiⁿ-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: tiāngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangong
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    天公
    天宮／天宫
    天工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gung¹
  - Yale: tīn gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gung¹
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kong
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/