天公生

Chinese

		lord of heaven; the Jade Emperor	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (天公生)		天公	生
simp. #(天公生)		天公	生
Literally: “birth of the Heavenly Lord”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiāngōngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ / Thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāngōngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiangongsheng
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-kung¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: Tyān-gūng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiangongsheng
    • Palladius: Тяньгуншэн (Tjanʹgunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Thinn-kong-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kongsvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³ sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Thinn-kong-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kongsvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

天公生

1. (chiefly Hokkien, Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the birthday festival of the Jade Emperor on the ninth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar