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): ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ wong⁴ daan³ sang¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhuáng dànshēngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄥㄖˋ
  - 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): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ xwɑŋ³⁵ 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

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])[1]
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 (tenwautanzyaubi)^?}

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)
天(てん)長(ちょう)祭(さい) (tenchōsai)
天(てん)長(ちょう)節(せつ) (tenchōsetsu)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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