天球

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (天球)		天	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiancióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: tyān-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchyou
    • Palladius: тяньцю (tjanʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiancióur
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyān-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchyoul
    • Palladius: тяньцюр (tjanʹcjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: tīn kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

天球

1. celestial sphere

Derived terms

• 天球儀 / 天球仪

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	球
てん Grade: 1	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

天(てん)球(きゅう) • (tenkyū) 

1. celestial sphere

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	球

Noun

天球 • (cheon'gu) (hangeul 천구)

1. hanja form^? of 천구 (“celestial sphere”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	球

Noun

天球

1. chữ Hán form of thiên cầu (“celestial sphere”).