通天
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Chinese
[edit]go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open |
day; sky; heaven | ||
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trad. (通天) | 通 | 天 | |
simp. #(通天) | 通 | 天 | |
Literally: “to interlink with the heavens”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tung1 tin1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-thiⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tongtian
- Wade–Giles: tʻung1-tʻien1
- Yale: tūng-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongtian
- Palladius: тунтянь (tuntjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung1 tin1
- Yale: tūng tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung1 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: tung1 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-thiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: thong-thinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: tongtvy
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ tʰĩ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
[edit]通⫽天 (verb-object)
- (figurative) to be exceedingly great
- (figurative) to have direct access to the highest authorities
- (Cantonese, figurative) to have let the cat out of the bag