天帝

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	emperor
simp. and trad. (天帝)		天	帝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāndì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiandì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: tyān-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandih
  - Palladius: тяньди (tjanʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ dai³
  - Yale: tīn dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ dei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tɐi̯³³/

Proper noun

天帝

(archaic, Chinese mythology) Deity of Heaven; Emperor of Heaven; Celestial Ruler

Synonyms

后帝 (hòudì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天帝):

→ Japanese: 天帝(てんてい) (tentei)
→ Korean: 천제(天帝) (cheonje)
→ Vietnamese: thiên đế (天帝)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天帝” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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