天職

See also: 天职

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	office; duty
trad. (天職)		天	職
simp. (天职)		天	职

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chih²
    • Yale: tyān-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjyr
    • Palladius: тяньчжи (tjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zik¹
    • Yale: tīn jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chit
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiencid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/

Noun

天職

1. calling; vocation (occupation for which a person is suited); mission in life
2. one's duty
3. (archaic) duty endowed by the Heavens

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	職
Grade: 1	Grade: 5

Noun

天職(てんしょく) • (tenshoku) 

1. calling, vocation (occupation for which a person is suited)