天文
Chinese
editday; sky; heaven | language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | ||
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simp. and trad. (天文) |
天 | 文 |
Etymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 man4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-vùn
- Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-ùng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi-ven
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianwún
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-wên2
- Yale: tyān-wén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianwen
- Palladius: тяньвэнь (tjanʹvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 man4
- Yale: tīn màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-vùn
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ vunˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 vun2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ vun¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-ùng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ (Ø-)ŋuŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
edit天文
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “astronomy”): 地理 (dìlǐ)
Derived terms
edit- 上知天文,下知地理 (shàng zhī tiānwén, xià zhī dìlǐ)
- 天文儀/天文仪
- 天文單位/天文单位 (tiānwén dānwèi)
- 天文地理
- 天文學/天文学 (tiānwénxué)
- 天文年
- 天文座標/天文座标
- 天文攝影/天文摄影 (tiānwén shèyǐng)
- 天文數字/天文数字 (tiānwén shùzì)
- 天文時/天文时
- 天文望遠鏡/天文望远镜
- 天文物理學/天文物理学 (tiānwén wùlǐxué)
- 天文生 (tiānwénshēng)
- 天文臺/天文台 (tiānwéntái)
- 天文鐘/天文钟
- 天文館/天文馆 (tiānwénguǎn)
- 天文點/天文点 (Tiānwéndiǎn)
- 太空天文臺/太空天文台
- 射電天文學/射电天文学
- 巴洛馬天文臺/巴洛马天文台
- 格林威治天文臺/格林威治天文台
Descendants
editJapanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
てん Grade: 1 |
もん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | goon |
From Old Japanese,[1] from Literary Chinese 天文 (tiānwén, “heavenly phenomena; behaviors of heavenly bodies”). Compare modern Cantonese reading tin1 man4. Compare 人文 (jinbun, “humanity; humanism”, literally “human behaviors”), 水文学 (suimongaku, “hydrology”, literally “study of water behaviors”) and 地理 (chiri, “geography”, literally “nature of the earth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (colloquial) astronomy
- Synonym: (more formal) 天文学 (tenmongaku)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- 天文学 (tenmongaku): astronomy
- 天文方 (tenmonkata): (historical) an official government position during the Edo period, responsible for astronomy, calendars, and measurements, among other matters
- 天文航法 (tenmon kōhō): astronomical navigation, navigating by the stars
- 天文時 (tenmonji): astronomical time
- 天文台 (tenmondai): astronomical observatory
- 天文単位 (tenmon tan'i): astronomical unit, AU
- 天文潮 (tenmonchō): astronomical tide
- 天文道 (tenmondō): (historical) an ancient area of study of the movements of heavenly bodies and their influence on events, similar to astrology
- 天文時計 (tenmon-dokei): astronomical clock
- 天文博士 (tenmon hakase): (historical) an official government position in the Ritsuryō system, responsible for astronomy, calendars, and the training of astronomers
- 天文薄明 (tenmon hakumei): astronomical twilight
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
てん Grade: 1 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 天文 (MC then mjun, literally “heavens + patterns”). Likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading thian-bûn.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editProper noun
edit- the Tenbun era, 1532–1555
See also
editReferences
editKorean
editHanja in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
Noun
editVietnamese
editchữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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天 | 文 |
Noun
edit天文
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