天城文

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	city walls; city; town	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (天城文)		天	城	文

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), literally “divine + town”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchéngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sing⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchéngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchéngwún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻêng²-wên²
    • Yale: tyān-chéng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancherngwen
    • Palladius: тяньчэнвэнь (tjanʹčɛnvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ sing⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: tīn sìhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sing⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xing⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/

Noun

天城文

1. Devanagari (an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal)

Synonyms

• 天城體／天城体 (tiānchéngtǐ)