天光

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (天光)		天	光
Literally: “brightening of the sky”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gwong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-kông
Min Nan (POJ): thiⁿ-kng / thiⁿ-kuiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianguang
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gwong¹
  - Yale: tīn gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ guong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gong¹
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kng
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Singapore): /tʰĩ⁴⁴ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ kŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-kuiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-kuinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'kvuy
  - IPA (Penang): /tʰĩ³³ kuĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴ kuĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

天光

sunlight
colour of the sky
dawn; daybreak

做到天光都做唔完 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
zou⁶ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹ dou¹ zou⁶ m⁴ jyun⁴ [Jyutping]
work all night (until dawn breaks) and still not be done
morning; daytime

Derived terms

天光日

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