天塹

See also: 天堑

Chinese

		heaven's heavenly	city moat(s) natural barrier(s)
trad. (天塹)		天	塹
simp. (天堑)		天	堑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānqiàn, Tiānqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˋ, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ cim³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chhiàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianciàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: tyān-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchiann
    • Palladius: тяньцянь (tjanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianciàn
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: Tyān-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianchiann
    • Palladius: Тяньцянь (Tjanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ cim³
    • Yale: tīn chim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ qim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chhiàm
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tshiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienchiaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sʰiam⁴¹/

Noun

天塹

1. natural moat

Related terms

• 天險／天险 (tiānxiǎn)

Proper noun

天塹

1. Heavenly Barrier (in reference to the Yangtze)

Derived terms

• 天塹變通途／天堑变通途
• 長江天塹／长江天堑