天機

See also: 天机

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (天機)		天	機
simp. (天机)		天	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianji
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chi¹
    • Yale: tyān-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianji
    • Palladius: тяньцзи (tjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gei¹
    • Yale: tīn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-ki
    • Tâi-lô: thian-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

天機

1. mystery only known to Heaven; God's design; inscrutable twist of fate
2. (figurative) top secret

   天機不可洩漏。／天机不可泄漏。  ―  Tiānjī bùkě xièlòu.  ―  Heaven's secrets must not be divulged.

Derived terms

• 天機不可洩漏／天机不可泄漏 (tiānjī bùkě xièlòu)
• 天機雲錦／天机云锦
• 洩漏天機／泄漏天机
• 漏洩天機／漏泄天机
• 走漏天機／走漏天机

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	機
てん Grade: 1	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)機(き) • (tenki) 

1. profound secret
2. emperor's health
3. the will of heaven