天人

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (天人)		天	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-jên²
    • Yale: tyān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianren
    • Palladius: тяньжэнь (tjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

天人

1. (literary) Heaven and Man
2. (literary) celestial being; god; deva
3. (literary) man of great talent
4. (literary) woman of great beauty

Derived terms

• 天人交戰／天人交战
• 天人合一 (tiānrénhéyī)
• 天人感應／天人感应

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天人):

• → Japanese: 天人(てんにん) (tennin)
• → Korean: 천인(天人) (cheonin)

See also

• 神人 (shénrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	人
てん Grade: 1	にん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

天(てん)人(にん) • (tennin) 

1. (Buddhism, mythology) heavenly spirits from Buddhist heaven

References

• tennin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	人

Noun

天人 • (cheonin) (hangeul 천인)

1. Hanja form^? of 천인.