天師

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (天師)		天	師
simp. (天师)		天	师

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thian-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianshih
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-shih¹
    • Yale: Tyān-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianshy
    • Palladius: Тяньши (Tjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ si¹
    • Yale: tīn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-su
    • Tâi-lô: Thian-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Proper noun

天師

1. (Taoism) Celestial Master (leader of Zhengyi Dao)