天作之合

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	's; him/her/it; this	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (天作之合)		天	作	之	合

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 236 (《詩經·大雅·大明》):

天監在下，有命既集。
文王初載，天作之合。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

天监在下，有命既集。
文王初载，天作之合。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Tiān jiān zàixià, yǒu mìng jì jí.
Wénwáng chū zǎi, tiān zuò zhī hé. [Pinyin]

Heaven surveyed this lower world; And its appointment lighted [on king Wen].
In his early years, It made for him a mate.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānzuòzhīhé

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zok³ zi¹ hap⁶
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chok-chi-ha̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzuòzhīhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianzuòjhihhé
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tso⁴-chih¹-ho²
  - Yale: tyān-dzwò-jr̄-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantzuohjyher
  - Palladius: тяньцзочжихэ (tjanʹczočžixɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ zok³ zi¹ hap⁶
  - Yale: tīn jok jī hahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzok⁸ dzi¹ hap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zog³ ji¹ heb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɐp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chok-chi-ha̍p
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tsok-tsi-ha̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienzokci'hap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi³³ hap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² hap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ hap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ hap̚⁴/

Idiom

天作之合

heaven-made match; a match made in heaven

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