天公生

Chinese

		lord of heaven; the Jade Emperor	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (天公生)		天公	生
simp. ^#(天公生)		天公	生
Literally: “birth of the Heavenly Lord”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiāngōngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥㄕㄥ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ / thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāngōngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tiangongsheng
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-kung¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: Tyān-gūng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiangongsheng
  - Palladius: Тяньгуншэн (Tjanʹgunšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ / thiⁿ-kong-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kong-senn / thinn-kong-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kongsvef, tvi'kongsvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³ sẽ³³/, /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³ ɕĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕĩ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

天公生

(Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the birthday festival of the Jade Emperor on the ninth day of the first lunar month.
- 正月初九，民間俗稱“天公生”，又稱“天日”。這一天是玉皇大帝的誕辰日。」 [MSC, trad.]
  正月初九，民间俗称“天公生”，又称“天日”。这一天是玉皇大帝的诞辰日。」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 【网络中国节】正月初九是“天日”，“天日”啥意思？有啥习俗和忌讳？
  Zhèngyuè chū jiǔ, mínjiān súchēng “Tiāngōngshēng”, yòu chēng “tiānrì”. Zhè yī tiān shì yùhuángdàdì de dànchén rì.” [Pinyin]
  The ninth of the first lunar month is popularly called "The Birth of the Heavenly Lord" by the common people, or "Heavenly Day". This day is the birth anniversary of the Jade Emperor.

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