天女

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	female; woman; daughter
trad. (天女)		天	女
simp. #(天女)		天	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nü³
    • Yale: tyān-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianneu
    • Palladius: тяньнюй (tjanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: tīn néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

天女

1. heavenly maid; celestial maiden; female deva

Derived terms

• 天女散花 (tiānnǚsànhuā)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天女):

• → Japanese: 天女(てんにょ) (tennyo)
• → Korean: 천녀(天女) (cheonnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: thiên nữ (天女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	女
てん Grade: 1	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天女 (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟ːo̞]

Noun

天(てん)女(にょ) • (tennyo) 

1. (Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female

   Hypernym: 天人 (tennin, “inhabitant of heaven; heavenly person”)

2. (Buddhism) a devi (female deva)

   Hypernym: 天 (ten, “deva”)