遮天

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	day; sky; heaven
trad. (遮天)		遮	天
simp. ^#(遮天)		遮	天
anagram		天遮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhētiān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ tin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châ-thiên

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhētiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhetian
  - Wade–Giles: chê¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: jē-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jetian
  - Palladius: чжэтянь (čžɛtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ tin¹
  - Yale: jē tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châ-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: za´ tien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: za¹ tian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sa²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/

Verb

遮天

(literary) to block out the sky (describing a vast number of objects)

Derived terms

一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)
遮天映日
遮天蓋地／遮天盖地
遮天蓋日／遮天盖日
遮天蔽日 (zhētiānbìrì)
遮天迷日
隻手遮天／只手遮天 (zhīshǒuzhētiān)

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