蒼天

See also: 苍天

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	day; sky; heaven
trad. (蒼天)		蒼	天
simp. (苍天)		苍	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ tin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông-thiên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangtian
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: tsāng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtian
    • Palladius: цантянь (cantjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ tin¹
    • Yale: chōng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-thiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong´ tien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ tian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-thian
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongtiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang|tshangX then

Rime
Character	蒼	蒼	天
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV
Fanqie	七岡切	麁朗切	他前切
Baxter	tshang	tshangX	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/t͡sʰaŋX/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	cǎng	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1	cong2	tin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤaŋ  l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ|sʰaːŋʔ  qʰl'iːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒼	天	天
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng	tiān	xiān
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›	‹ then ›	‹ xen ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁaŋ/	/*l̥ˁi[n]/	/*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-)
English	deep blue or green	heaven	heaven
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒼	蒼	天
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1126	1131	12387
Phonetic component	倉	倉	天
Rime group	陽	陽	眞
Rime subdivision	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	倉	蒼	天
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*sʰaːŋʔ/	/*qʰl'iːn/

Noun

蒼天

1. (literary) heaven; firmament
2. (literary) blue sky
3. (literary) spring

Synonyms

• (heaven): 穹蒼／穹苍 (qióngcāng)
• (blue sky):

• 碧空 (bìkōng) (literary)
• 碧落 (bìluò) (literary, Taoism)
• 蒼旻／苍旻 (cāngmín) (literary)
• 蒼穹／苍穹 (cāngqióng) (literary)
• 藍天／蓝天 (lántiān)
• 青天 (qīngtiān)
• 青空 (qīngkōng) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒼	天
そう Jinmeiyō	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

蒼(そう)天(てん) • (sōten) 

1. (literary) the blue sky; the azure sky; the heavens

   Synonyms: 青空 (aozora), 蒼穹 (sōkyū), 蒼空 (sōkū)