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真命天子

真命天子

Chinese

			Son of Heaven; emperor
simp. and trad. (真命天子)		真命	天子

Noun

真命天子

(historical) preordained emperor
one's Mr. Right or (less commonly) Miss Right

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēnmìng tiānzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēnmìng tiānzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenminq tiantzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ zi²
  - Yale: jān mihng tīn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ ming⁶ tin¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/