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天子

天子

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (天子)		天	子

Noun

天子

Son of Heaven; emperor

References

Emperor of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“天子”, in Chinese-Tools.com (in Mandarin and English), accessed 2008-01-05

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): thian-chír / thian-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zi²
  - Yale: tīn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chír
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chú
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/