樂天

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	day; sky; heaven
trad. (樂天)		樂	天
simp. (乐天)		乐	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lètiān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): lo̍k-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lètiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtian
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ tin¹
  - Yale: lohk tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-thian
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logtiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

樂天

(literary) to happily follow Heaven's decree
to be carefree; to be happy-go-lucky; to be optimistic

Usage notes

樂天 is also the translation of the names of two unrelated companies, Lotte and Rakuten, in Chinese.

Derived terms

樂天任命／乐天任命
樂天安命／乐天安命
樂天派／乐天派
樂天溪／乐天溪 (Lètiānxī)

樂天知命／乐天知命
白樂天／白乐天
知命樂天／知命乐天

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