天方

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (天方)		天	方
anagram		方天

Etymology

Alteration of 天房 (Tiānfáng) (per Xiyang chaogong dianlu 西洋朝貢典錄 [Records of Tributes from the Western Ocean Countries], 1520 CE).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiānfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tianfang
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-fang¹
  - Yale: Tyān-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianfang
  - Palladius: Тяньфан (Tjanʹfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹
  - Yale: tīn fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天方

(obsolete) Mecca; (in general) Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East
- 雖載在天方之書，而不異乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虽载在天方之书，而不异乎儒者之典。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1710, 劉智 (Liu Zhi), 《天方典禮》 (The Rites of Islam)
  Suī zǎi zài tiānfāng zhī shū, ér bù yì hū rúzhě zhī diǎn. [Pinyin]
  Though [the teachings of Islam are] set out in books from the Islamic countries, they are no different from [what is taught in] the classics of the Confucians.

Synonyms

麥加／麦加 (Màijiā)

Derived terms

天方國／天方国
天方夜譚／天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
天方教 (Tiānfāngjiào)

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