應天

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	day; sky; heaven
trad. (應天)		應	天
simp. (应天)		应	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing³ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngtian
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: yìng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqtian
    • Palladius: интянь (intjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing³ tin¹
    • Yale: ying tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing³ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying³ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

應天

1. to conform to the will of Heaven

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應天):

• → Japanese: 応天(おうてん) (ōten)
• → Korean: 응천(應天) (eungcheon)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “應天” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].