天年

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	year
simp. and trad. (天年)		天	年

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānnián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-liân / thiⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiannián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nien²
  - Yale: tyān-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannian
  - Palladius: тяньнянь (tjanʹnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: tīn nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-liân
  - Tâi-lô: thian-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvinii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ nĩ²⁴/

Noun

天年

natural span of life; one's allotted span
(dialect) year's harvest
(dialect) age; era; times

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	年
てん Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

天(てん)年(ねん) • (tennen)

natural lifespan
Synonyms: 天命 (tenmei), 天寿 (tenju)