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天災

天災

See also: 天灾

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	disaster; calamity
trad. (天災)		天	災
simp. (天灾)		天	灾

Noun

天災

natural disaster

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	災
てん Grade: 1	さい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) てんさい [tèńsáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nsa̠i]

Noun

天災 ‎(hiragana てんさい, romaji tensai)

natural disaster

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānzāi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): thian-chai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānzāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzai
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zoi¹
  - Yale: tīn jōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzoi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chai
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/