天府

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	prefecture; mansion
simp. and trad. (天府)		天	府

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-fú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianfǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fu³
  - Yale: tyān-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfuu
  - Palladius: тяньфу (tjanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fu²
  - Yale: tīn fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-fú
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ fu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ fu³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ fu³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hú
  - Tâi-lô: thian-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ hu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: then pjuX

Rime
Character	天	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	他前切	方矩切
Baxter	then	pjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/pɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/pio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/pio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/puə̆^X/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/pio^X/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/pĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/pi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin¹	fu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤi[n] p(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰl'iːn poʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	天	府
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiān	fǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ then ›	‹ pju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁi[n]/	/*p(r)oʔ/
English	heaven	repository
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	天	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12387	3511
Phonetic component	天	付
Rime group	眞	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	天	甫
Old Chinese	/*qʰl'iːn/	/*poʔ/

Noun

天府

(literary) imperial treasury; land of abundance
- 蘇秦始將連橫説秦惠王曰：“大王之國 […] 田肥美，民殷富，戰車萬乘，奮擊百萬，沃野千里，蓄積饒多，地勢形便，此所謂天府，天下之雄國也。” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  苏秦始将连横说秦惠王曰：“大王之国 […] 田肥美，民殷富，战车万乘，奋击百万，沃野千里，蓄积饶多，地势形便，此所谓天府，天下之雄国也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Sū Qín shǐ jiāng liánhéng shuì Qín Huìwáng yuē: “Dàwáng zhī guó […] tián féiměi, mín yīnfù, zhànchē wànshèng, fènjī bǎiwàn, wòyě qiānlǐ, xùjī ráoduō, dìshì xíngbiàn, cǐ suǒwèi tiānfǔ, tiānxià zhī xióngguó yě.” [Pinyin]
  At first, Su Qin tried to persuade King Huiwen of Qin into taking his advice of lianheng (the strategy of allying with other states in order to consolidate its own power). He said, “The lands of Your Majesty's state are fertile, and your people are wealthy, too. You possess ten thousand chariots and a million tough warriors, owning the best quality fields spanning a thousand li, enjoying sufficient reserves and a geographic situation strategically favorable. Your country is virtually the so-called Depot of Heaven, the strongest state in the world.”
(traditional Chinese medicine) name of an acupuncture point

Derived terms

天府之國 / 天府之国 (tiānfǔ zhī guó)

Proper noun

天府

Tianfu (a new area in Sichuan, China, incorporating Chengdu and Meishan)