天女

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	female; woman; daughter
trad. (天女)		天	女
simp. ^#(天女)		天	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ neoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiannyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nü³
  - Yale: tyān-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianneu
  - Palladius: тяньнюй (tjanʹnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ neoi⁵
  - Yale: tīn néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

天女

heavenly maid; celestial maiden; devi, female deva; goddess, female deity.

Derived terms

天女散花 (tiānnǚsànhuā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天女):

→ Japanese: 天女(てんにょ) (tennyo)
→ Korean: 천녀(天女) (cheonnyeo)
→ Vietnamese: thiên nữ (天女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	女
てん Grade: 1	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天女 (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟ːo̞]

Noun

天(てん)女(にょ) • (tennyo)

(Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female
Hypernym: 天人 (tennin, “inhabitant of heaven; heavenly person”)
(Buddhism) a devi (female deva)
Hypernym: 天 (ten, “deva”)

References

“天女”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025