恩典

Chinese

		kind act (from above)	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (恩典)		恩	典

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēndiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄣㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ din²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ên-tién
Min Nan (POJ): un-tián / in-tián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ēndiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣㄉㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: endean
  - Tongyong Pinyin: endiǎn
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵ tjɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ din²
  - Yale: yān dín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ din²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ din²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ tiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ên-tién
  - Hakka Romanization System: en´ dien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: en¹ dian³
  - IPA: /en²⁴ ti̯en³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-tián
  - Tâi-lô: un-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: undiern
  - IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-tián
  - Tâi-lô: in-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: indiern
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁵³/

Noun

恩典

favour; grace; kindness; blessing
恩典時代 / 恩典时代 ― ēndiǎn shídài ― The Age of Grace
- 奴才替天下百姓感激皇太后恩典！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Núcái tì tiānxià bǎixìng gǎnjī huángtàihòu ēndiǎn! [Pinyin]
  I, on behalf of the people throughout the world, [hereby] express my gratitude for the kindness of the empress dowager!

Synonyms

恩德 (ēndé)
恩情 (ēnqíng)
恩惠 (ēnhuì)

恩施 (ēnshī) (literary)
恩義／恩义 (ēnyì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恩典):

→ Japanese: 恩典 (おんてん) (onten)
→ Korean: 은전 (恩典, eunjeon)
→ Vietnamese: ân điển (恩典)

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