黑天

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (黑天)		黑	天
anagram		天黑

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēitiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heitian
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: hēi-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heitian
    • Palladius: хэйтянь (xɛjtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ tin¹
    • Yale: hāk tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

黑天

1. night; nightfall

Synonyms

• 夜晚 (yèwǎn)

Derived terms

• 大黑天 (dàhēitiān)

 

Etymology 2

Partial calque of Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, literally “black”) + 天 (tiān, “deva”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hēitiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hēitiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Heitian
    • Wade–Giles: Hei¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: Hēi-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Heitian
    • Palladius: Хэйтянь (Xɛjtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ tin¹
    • Yale: hāk tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

黑天

1. (Hinduism) Krishna