天險

See also: 天险

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (天險)		天	險
simp. (天险)		天	险

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ him²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsien³
    • Yale: tyān-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshean
    • Palladius: тяньсянь (tjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ him²
    • Yale: tīn hím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ him²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ him²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hiám
    • Tâi-lô: thian-hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienhiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁴¹/

Noun

天險

1. natural terrain that is precipitous and in a strategic position

Related terms

• 天塹／天堑 (tiānqiàn)