天女てんにょ

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	female; woman; daughter
trad. (天女てんにょ)		天てん	女おんな
simp. #(天女てんにょ)		天てん	女おんな

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nü³
    • Yale: tyān-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianneu
    • Palladius: тяньнюй (tjanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

天女てんにょ

1. heavenly maid; celestial maiden

Derived terms

• 天女てんにょ散ち花はな (tiānnǚsànhuā)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天女てんにょ):

• → Japanese: 天女てんにょ(てんにょ) (tennyo)
• → Korean: 천녀(天女てんにょ) (cheonnyeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天てん	女おんな
てん Grade: 1	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天女てんにょ (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟ːo̞]

Noun

天てん(てん)女おんな(にょ) • (tennyo) 

1. (Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female

   Hypernym: 天人てんにん (tennin, “inhabitant of heaven; heavenly person”)

2. (Buddhism) a devi (female deva)

   Hypernym: 天てん (ten, “deva”)