天狗

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	dog
simp. and trad. (天狗)		天	狗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāngǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-kiéu
Min Nan (POJ): thian-káu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāngǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangoou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gau²
  - Yale: tīn gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ geo²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kiéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gieu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gieu³
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ki̯eu̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-káu
  - Tâi-lô: thian-káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienkao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

天狗

(Chinese mythology) tiangou
(Japanese mythology, Shinto, folklore) tengu

Derived terms

天狗吃日
天狗吃月
天狗吞月
天狗熱／天狗热

天狗螺
天狗食日
天狗食月

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天狗):

Japanese: 天 (てん)狗 (ぐ) (tengu)
Korean: 천구 (天狗, cheon-gu)
Vietnamese: thiên cẩu (天狗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	狗
てん Grade: 1	く > ぐ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天狗 (MC tʰen kəu^X, “heaven + dog”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) てんぐ [tèńgú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天狗 (hiragana てんぐ, rōmaji tengu)

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, folklore) a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose
- 1999 September 23, “カラス天てん狗ぐ [Crow Tengu]”, in Vol.5 (in Japanese), Konami:
  様 (さま)々 (ざま)なことを知 (し)っている天 (てん)狗 (ぐ)。神 (じん)通 (つう)力 (りき)が使 (つか)えるという。
  Samazama na koto o shitte iru tengu. Jintsūriki ga tsukaeru to iu.
  An omniscient tengu. They say it uses divine power.

Descendants

Chinese: 天狗
English: tengu
French: tengu
Korean: 텐구 (ten-gu)
Russian: тэнгу (tɛngu)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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