高天

Chinese

		high; tall	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (高天)		高	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-thiên

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaotian
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: gāu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautian
    • Palladius: гаотянь (gaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ tien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/

Noun

高天

1. (literary) Heaven; God
2. (literary) the sky above
3. (literary) high altitude
4. (literary) the big sky

Derived terms

• 名高天下
• 周郎妙計高天下，賠了夫人又折兵／周郎妙计高天下，赔了夫人又折兵
• 高天厚地
• 高天原 (Gāotiānyuán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高天):

• → Japanese: 高天(こうてん) (kōten)
• → Korean: 고천(高天) (gocheon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	天
こう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

高(こう)天(てん) • (kōten) ^{←かうてん (kauten)?}

1. The heavens