天國

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	country; state; nation
trad. (天國)		天	國
simp. (天国)		天	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gwok³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thiên-koet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ guêd⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianguó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kuo²
    • Yale: tyān-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangwo
    • Palladius: тяньго (tjanʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gwok³
    • Yale: tīn gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ku̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiên¹ guêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɛt̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-kok
    • Tâi-lô: thian-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ kok̚²/

Noun

天國

1. Kingdom of Heaven; paradise; heaven

   可惜她在天國，不能與我們團圓。 [MSC, trad.]
   可惜她在天国，不能与我们团圆。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kěxī tā zài tiānguó, bùnéng yǔ wǒmen tuányuán. [Pinyin]

   It's a shame she is in heaven and cannot reunite with us.

Proper noun

天國

1. the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Usage notes

Standard practice in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was to write this word as 天囯, where the first character was written with the upper horizontal stroke longer than the lower horizontal stroke, and the second character had its phonetic component replaced by 王 (wáng, “king”).

Synonyms

• 太平天國／太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	國
てん Grade: 1	ごく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 天國 – see the following entry.

【天国てんごく】 [noun] (religion) heaven

(This term, 天國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	國

Noun

天國 • (cheon'guk) (hangeul 천국)

1. Hanja form^? of 천국 (“heaven”).