天使

Chinese

		sky; heavens	envoy; messenger
simp. and trad. (天使)		天	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ si³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ lhu²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sṳ́

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ si³

• Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-sài / thian-sài / thian-sù / thian-sìr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ sai³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹thi-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shih³
    • Yale: tyān-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyy
    • Palladius: тяньши (tjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ si³
    • Yale: tīn si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hen¹ lhu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ ɬu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ sii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiên¹ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nøy²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-sài
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvisaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sài
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sù
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sìr
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ sai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ sai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-sy
    • MiniDict: thi^平 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

天使

1. angel
2. (archaic) emissary of the emperor

Synonyms

• (angel): (Dungan) 天仙, (obsolete) 安琪兒／安琪儿 (ānqí'ér)

Derived terms

• 墮天使／堕天使 (duòtiānshǐ)
• 天使島／天使岛 (Tiānshǐdǎo)
• 天使用戶／天使用户 (tiānshǐ yònghù)
• 天使輪／天使轮 (tiānshǐlún)
• 天使魚／天使鱼 (tiānshǐyú)
• 守護天使／守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)
• 智天使 (zhìtiānshǐ)
• 熾天使／炽天使 (chìtiānshǐ)
• 白衣天使 (báiyī tiānshǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天使):

• → Japanese: 天(てん)使(し) (tenshi)
• → Korean: 천사(天使) (cheonsa)
• → Vietnamese: thiên sứ (天使)

Others:

• → Zhuang: denhsij

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	使
てん Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​んし [téꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

天(てん)使(し) • (tenshi) 

1. an angel

   天(てん)使(し)と悪(あく)魔(ま)

   Tenshi to Akuma

   Angels & Demons

2. an imperial messenger or envoy
3. a messenger or envoy from heaven
4. (figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel

Quotations

• See Citations:天使.

Hyponyms

• 堕(だ)天(てん)使(し) (datenshi)
• 熾(し)天(てん)使(し) (shitenshi)
• 智(ち)天(てん)使(し) (chitenshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	使

Noun

天使 • (cheonsa or McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏnsa or Yale: chensa) (hangeul 천사)

1. Hanja form^? of 천사 (“angel”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	使

Noun

天使

1. chữ Hán form of thiên sứ (“angel”).