飛天

See also: 飞天

Chinese

		to fly	day; sky; heaven
trad. (飛天)		飛	天
simp. (飞天)		飞	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēitiān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēitiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: feitian
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: fēi-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feitian
  - Palladius: фэйтянь (fɛjtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ tin¹
  - Yale: fēi tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

飛天

to fly in the sky
to travel into space

Derived terms

飛天夢 / 飞天梦 (fēitiānmèng)
飛天貓 / 飞天猫 (fēitiānmāo)

Noun

飛天

apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- 我是贫困，
  我是悲哀。
  我是你祖祖辈辈
   痛苦的希望呵，
  是“飞天”袖间
   千百年来未落在地面的花朵；
  ——祖国呵！ [MSC, simp.]
  我是貧困，
  我是悲哀。
  我是你祖祖輩輩
   痛苦的希望呵，
  是“飛天”袖間
   千百年來未落在地面的花朵；
  ——祖國呵！ [MSC, trad.]
  From: April 1979, Shu Ting, O Homeland, My Dear Homeland（《祖国呵，我亲爱的祖国》）
  Wǒ shì pínkùn,
  Wǒ shì bēi'āi.
  Wǒ shì nǐ zǔzǔbèibèi
  Tòngkǔ de xīwàng a,
  Shì “fēitiān” xiùjiān
  Qiānbǎinián lái wèi luò zài dìmiàn de huāduǒ;
  — zǔguó a! [Pinyin]
  I am poverty.
  I am sorrow.
  I am your pained hope
  Generation after generation
  Flowers from the sleeves of apsaras,
  Not touching the earth for aeons.
  O my motherland!