"南天" meaning in Chinese

See 南天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: nántiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nántiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nántian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], nan²-tʻien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], nán-tyān [Mandarin, Yale, standard], nantian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], наньтянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], nanʹtjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 南天
  1. the southern skies
    Sense id: en-南天-zh-noun-BTlCQN3k
  2. the southern areas (of China); Lingnan
    Sense id: en-南天-zh-noun-hcd113Ob Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 73 6 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 35 55 11
  3. See 南天竹 (nántiānzhú).
    Sense id: en-南天-zh-noun-x52PwEwS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 南天竺 (nántiānzhú)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nántiānzhú",
      "word": "南天竺"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "南天",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the southern skies"
      ],
      "id": "en-南天-zh-noun-BTlCQN3k",
      "links": [
        [
          "southern",
          "southern"
        ],
        [
          "skies",
          "skies"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 73 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 55 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the southern areas (of China); Lingnan"
      ],
      "id": "en-南天-zh-noun-hcd113Ob"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See 南天竹 (nántiānzhú)."
      ],
      "id": "en-南天-zh-noun-x52PwEwS",
      "links": [
        [
          "南天竹",
          "南天竹#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньтянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹtjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南天"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 南",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Barberry family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nántiānzhú",
      "word": "南天竺"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "南天",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the southern skies"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "southern",
          "southern"
        ],
        [
          "skies",
          "skies"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the southern areas (of China); Lingnan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See 南天竹 (nántiānzhú)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "南天竹",
          "南天竹#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nántian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nan²-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nán-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nantian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "наньтянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹtjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "南天"
}

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