天然

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (天然)		天	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānrán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-yèn / thiên-yàn
Min Dong (BUC): tiĕng-iòng
Min Nan (POJ): thian-liân / thian-jiân
Wu (Wiktionary): thi zoe (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianran
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: tīn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ yan²
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ yan²
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-iòng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-liân
  - Tâi-lô: thian-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: thian-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienjieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑiɛn²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: thi zoe (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ z̻ø²¹/

Adjective

天然

natural (produced by nature)

Usage notes

天然 (tiānrán) can only be used as an attributive to describe things that are literally produced by nature. Unlike the usual term for natural, 自然 (zìrán), it cannot be graded or used figuratively.

Derived terms

天然免疫
天然國界／天然国界
天然林
天然果汁
天然橋／天然桥
天然橡膠／天然橡胶
天然毒素
天然氣／天然气 (tiānránqì)
天然淘汰

天然災害／天然灾害
天然煤氣／天然煤气 (tiānrán méiqì)
天然瓦斯
天然磁鐵／天然磁铁
天然纖維／天然纤维
天然色素
天然資源／天然资源
天然鈾／天然铀
液化天然氣／液化天然气 (yèhuà tiānránqì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	然
てん Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

天然 (hiragana てんねん, rōmaji tennen)

being natural
Short for 天然惚け.: airheaded

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