金天

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (金天)		金	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄊㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jintian
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: jīn-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintian
  - Palladius: цзиньтянь (czinʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kim then

Rime
Character	金	天
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	居吟切	他前切
Baxter	kim	then
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/tʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/tʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/tʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/tʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/tʰen/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/tʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/tʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	tiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam¹	tin¹

Noun

金天

(literary) western sky
(literary) autumn; autumn sky
(literary) yellow sky (which ancient people regard as an auspicious sign)

Proper noun

金天

(～氏) (historical) Synonym of 少昊 (Shàohào, “Shaohao, a legendary Chinese sovereign”)

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