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天秤

天秤

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	steelyard; steel yard; scales
simp. and trad. (天秤)		天	秤

Noun

天秤

scale, balance (measurement device)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	秤
てん Grade: 1	びん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

天秤 ‎(hiragana てんびん, romaji tenbin)

scale, balance

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānpíng, tiānchèng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄆㄧㄥˊ, ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ cing³, tin¹ ping⁴
Min Nan (POJ): thian-pêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: tiānpíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianpyng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    天平
    天秤
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānchèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchenq
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ cing³, tin¹ ping⁴
  - Yale: tīn ching, tīn pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsing³, tin¹ ping⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ³³/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-pêng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienpeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/