天方

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (天方)		天	方
anagram		方天

Etymology

Alteration of 天房 (Tiānfáng) (per Xiyang chaogong dianlu 西洋朝貢典錄 [Records of Tributes from the Western Ocean Countries], 1520 CE).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianfang
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-fang¹
    • Yale: Tyān-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianfang
    • Palladius: Тяньфан (Tjanʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹
    • Yale: tīn fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天方

1. (obsolete) Mecca; (in general) Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East

   • 雖載在天方之書，而不異乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽载在天方之书，而不异乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1710, 劉智 (Liu Zhi), 《天方典禮》 (The Rites of Islam)

     Suī zǎi zài tiānfāng zhī shū, ér bù yì hū rúzhě zhī diǎn. [Pinyin]

     Though [the teachings of Islam are] set out in books from the Islamic countries, they are no different from [what is taught in] the classics of the Confucians.

Synonyms

• 麥加／麦加 (Màijiā)

Derived terms

• 天方國／天方国
• 天方夜譚／天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
• 天方教 (Tiānfāngjiào)