䡘䡘

Chinese

trad. (䡘䡘)		䡘	䡘
simp. (𬨉𬨉)		𬨉	𬨉
alternative forms		䡒䡒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiántián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiántián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiántián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-tʻien²
    • Yale: tyán-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyantyan
    • Palladius: тяньтянь (tjanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin⁴ tin⁴
    • Yale: tìhn tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: den den

Rime
Character	䡘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒年切
Baxter	den
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den/
Pan Wuyun	/den/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn/
Li Rong	/den/
Wang Li	/dien/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin4

Adjective

䡘䡘

1. (literary, ideophonic) Describes the sound of many chariots.

   • 轟轟䡘䡘，驅車東西。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     轰轰𬨉𬨉，驱车东西。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Jiao Gong, Yilin, 1^st century BCE

     Hōnghōng tiántián, qūchē dōngxī. [Pinyin]

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   • 振旅䡘䡘，反旆悠悠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     振旅𬨉𬨉，反旆悠悠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 左思 (Zuo Si), 魏都賦 (“Wei Capital Rhapsody”), in 文選 (wénxuǎn) (Selections of Refined Literature)

     Zhènlǚ tiántián, fǎnpèi yōuyōu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)