天災

See also: 天灾

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	disaster; calamity
trad. (天災)		天	災
simp. (天灾)		天	灾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānzāi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): thian-chai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānzāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzai
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zoi¹
  - Yale: tīn jōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zoi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chai
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Noun

天災

natural disaster (Classifier: 場／场; 次; 種／种)

Synonyms

Synonyms of 天災

劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
大難／大难 (dà'nàn) (major catastrophe)
天災／天灾 (natural disaster)
慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
災害／灾害 (zāihài)

災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

Derived terms

天災人禍／天灾人祸 (tiānzāirénhuò)
天災地孽／天灾地孽
天災地變／天灾地变

天災物怪／天灾物怪
害天災／害天灾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	災
てん Grade: 1	さい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) てんさい [tèńsáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

天災 (hiragana てんさい, rōmaji tensai)

natural disaster

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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