天京

Chinese

		sky Heaven fate	capital(s)
simp. and trad. (天京)		天	京

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānjīng, Tiānjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ, ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ging¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjing
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ching¹
  - Yale: tyān-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjing
  - Palladius: тяньцзин (tjanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tianjing
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-ching¹
  - Yale: Tyān-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianjing
  - Palladius: Тяньцзин (Tjanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ ging¹
  - Yale: tīn gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天京

(literary) capital of a country
- 粲粲吳與史，衣冠耀天京。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  粲粲吴与史，衣冠耀天京。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 8th century, Li Bai, 自梁園至敬亭山見會公談陵陽山水兼期同遊因有此贈
  Càncàn Wú yǔ Shǐ, yīguān yào tiānjīng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

天京

(historical) former name of 南京 (Nánjīng), Nanjing (a city in Jiangsu, China), as the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom