天文生

Chinese

		astronomy; celestial objects; the heavens	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (天文生)		天文	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānwénshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānwénshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianwúnsheng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-wên²-shêng¹
    • Yale: tyān-wén-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianwensheng
    • Palladius: тяньвэньшэн (tjanʹvɛnʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天文生

1. (literary, historical) official in charge of observing celestial phenomena and reckoning dates
2. (literary, historical) person who practices divination, selects dates and uses feng shui