Chinese

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all; many; various day; sky; heaven
trad. (諸天)
simp. (诸天)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (23) (6)
Final () (22) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter tsyo then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨʌ/ /tʰen/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /tʰen/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /tʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cɨə̆/ /tʰɛn/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɔ/ /tʰen/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭo/ /tʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯wo/ /tʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhū tiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zyu1 tin1

Noun

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諸天

  1. (Buddhism) the devas; the heavenly beings
  2. (literary) heaven; heavens; sky