"天公" meaning in Chinese

See 天公 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/, /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/, /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/ Chinese transliterations: tiāngōng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tin¹ gung¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], thiên-kûng [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], thiⁿ-kong [Hokkien, POJ], tin¹ gong¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], tiāngōng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], tiangong [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tʻien¹-kung¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tyān-gūng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tiangong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], тяньгун [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tjanʹgun [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tīn gūng [Cantonese, Yale], tin¹ gung¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tin¹ gung¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thiên-kûng [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tien´ gung´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tian¹ gung¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], thinn-kong [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tvi'kofng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], thiⁿ kong [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 天公
  1. (literary, Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the Jade Emperor Tags: Chinese, literary Categories (topical): Chinese mythology, Religion, Taoism
    Sense id: en-天公-zh-noun-PeP5zJj0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (literary or dialectal) the heavens; weather Tags: dialectal, literary
    Sense id: en-天公-zh-noun-wAwr5GqX Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations, Mandarin terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 天公伯仔, 天公生 (Tiāngōngshēng), 天公祖, 天公金

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          "english": "the heavens are not cooperative (said when the weather is bad)",
          "roman": "tiāngōng bù zuòměi",
          "text": "天公不作美"
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        {
          "text": "天公造美 [Cantonese] ― tin¹ gung¹ zou⁶ mei⁵ [Jyutping] ― the heavens are cooperative (said when the weather is good)"
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      "zh-pron": "tiāngōng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ gung¹"
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      "zh-pron": "thiên-kûng"
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      "zh-pron": "thiⁿ-kong"
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        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ gong¹"
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        "Palladius",
        "standard"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tvi'kofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiⁿ kong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/"
    }
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  "word": "天公"
}
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      "word": "天公伯仔"
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      "roman": "Tiāngōngshēng",
      "word": "天公生"
    },
    {
      "word": "天公祖"
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    {
      "word": "天公金"
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          "text": "天公不作美"
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
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        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "thiⁿ-kong"
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        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ gong¹"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "tiāngōng"
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    },
    {
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-kung¹"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-gūng"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
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      "zh-pron": "тяньгун"
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        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹgun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
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        "Yale"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "tin¹ gung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ gung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiên-kûng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tien´ gung´"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tian¹ gung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tvi'kofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiⁿ kong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³ kɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ koŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天公"
}

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