擎天

Chinese

		to raise (hand)	day; sky; heaven
trad. (擎天)		擎	天
simp. ^#(擎天)		擎	天
Literally: “to hold up the sky”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khêng-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíngtian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing²-tʻien¹
  - Yale: chíng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngtian
  - Palladius: цинтянь (cintjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    擎天
    晴天
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king⁴ tin¹
  - Yale: kìhng tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêng-thian
  - Tâi-lô: khîng-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengtiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Adjective

擎天

(literary) having great strength

Derived terms

一柱擎天
擎天之柱
擎天手
擎天柱
擎天架海
擎天玉柱
擎天駕海／擎天驾海 (qíngtiān jià hǎi)
架海擎天
隻手擎天／只手擎天

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