天池

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	pond; reservoir
trad. (天池)		天	池
simp. #(天池)		天	池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thian-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻih²
    • Yale: tyān-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchyr
    • Palladius: тяньчи (tjanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: tīn chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-tî
    • Tâi-lô: Thian-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/

Noun

天池

1. (literary) ocean; sea
2. lake (especially one on a mountain or hill or formed by a volcano; often used in toponynms)

   長白山天池／长白山天池  ―  Chángbáishān Tiānchí  ―  Heaven Lake (on Paektu Mountain)

Derived terms

• 天池埡／天池垭 (Tiānchíyà)

 

Descendants

• → English: Tianchi, Tienchih