天罡

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	(stars)
simp. and trad. (天罡)		天	罡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāngāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiangang
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kang¹
  - Yale: tyān-gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangang
  - Palladius: тяньган (tjanʹgan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天罡

(Chinese astronomy, Taoism) Big Dipper
(Chinese astronomy) handle of the Big Dipper
(Taoism) Name for a heavenly spirit. According to Daoist religious texts, there are 36 in all.

Derived terms

三十六天罡 (sānshíliù tiāngāng)

天罡星

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