應天

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	day; sky; heaven
trad. (應天)		應	天
simp. (应天)		应	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing³ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngtian
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: yìng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqtian
  - Palladius: интянь (intjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing³ tin¹
  - Yale: ying tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying³ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

應天

to conform to the will of Heaven

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應天):

→ Japanese: 応天(おうてん) (ōten)
→ Korean: 응천(應天) (eungcheon)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “應天” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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