天皇誕生日

Chinese

		king of heaven; heavenly sovereign; emperor
trad. (天皇誕生日)		天皇	誕生日
simp. (天皇诞生日)		天皇	诞生日

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天皇誕生日.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhuáng dànshēngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ wong⁴ daan³ sang¹ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhuáng dànshēngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhuáng dànshengrìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-huang² tan⁴-shêng¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: tyān-hwáng dàn-shēng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhwang dannshengryh
    • Palladius: тяньхуан даньшэнжи (tjanʹxuan danʹšɛnži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ wong⁴ daan³ sang¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: tīn wòhng daan sāng yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ wong⁴ daan³ sang¹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ wong⁴ dan³ seng¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ taːn³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Noun

天皇誕生日

1. The Emperor's Birthday

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	皇	誕	生	日
てん Grade: 1	おう > のう Grade: 6	たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1
goon		kan’on	goon	kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天皇 (tennō, “emperor of Japan”) +‎ 誕生日 (tanjōbi, “birthday”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんのーたんじょ​ーび [tèńnóó táńjóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [7])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nːo̞ː tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) • (Tennō Tanjōbi) ^{←てんわうたんじやうび (ten'wautanzyaubi)?}

1. a national holiday in Japan on the birthday of the 今上天皇 (Kinjō Tennō, “present reigning emperor”), currently February 23

Usage notes

• During the Heisei period, this national holiday was on December 23.
• Under the current emperor, Naruhito, it falls on February 23.

See also

• 昭(しょう)和(わ)の日(ひ) (Shōwa no Hi)
• みどりの日(ひ) (Midori no Hi) "Greenery Day", in honour of Emperor Showa's love of plants and the environment
• 天(てん)長(ちょう)祭(さい) (tenchōsai)
• 天(てん)長(ちょう)節(せつ) (tenchōsetsu)