天國

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	country; state; nation
trad. (天國)		天	國
simp. (天国)		天	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānguó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-koet
Min Nan (POJ): thian-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangwo
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gwok³
  - Yale: tīn gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ guog³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gued⁵
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ku̯et̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-kok
  - Tâi-lô: thian-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

天國

Kingdom of Heaven; paradise; heaven
可惜她在天國，不能與我們團圓。 [MSC, trad.]
可惜她在天国，不能与我们团圆。 [MSC, simp.]
Kěxī tā zài tiānguó, bùnéng yǔ wǒmen tuányuán. [Pinyin]
It's a shame she is in heaven and cannot reunite with us.

Proper noun

天國

the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Usage notes

Standard practice in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was to write this word as 天囯, where the first character was written with the upper horizontal stroke longer than the lower horizontal stroke, and the second character had its phonetic component replaced by 王 (wáng, “king”).

Synonyms

太平天國／太平天国 (Tàipíng Tiānguó)

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	國

Noun

天國 • (cheon-guk) (hangeul 천국)

Hanja form^? of 천국 (“heaven”).

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