天津

Chinese
day; sky; heaven Tianjin; ferry
simp. and trad.
(天津)		 天 津
Literally: “sky ford”.

Etymology
Tianjin
Disputed. The most common interpretation is that it was bestowed by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming, who crossed Tianjin's Gu River on his way south to overthrow his nephew the Jianwen Emperor, thereby calling it 天子津渡 (“The Emperor's Ford”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tiêng1 zing1 - Chaozhou;
  • tiang1 zing1 - Shantou.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wugniu: 1thi-cin
      • Wiktionary Romanisation: 1thi-jin
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/
Rime
Character 天 津
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 他前切 將鄰切
Baxter then tsin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰen/ /t͡siɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰen/ /t͡sin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɛn/ /t͡sjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛn/ /t͡sin/
Li
Rong		 /tʰen/ /t͡siĕn/
Wang
Li		 /tʰien/ /t͡sĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰien/ /t͡si̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tiān jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 tin1 zan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 天 天 津
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tiān xiān jīn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ then › ‹ xen › ‹ tsin ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˁi[n]/ /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) /*[ts]i[n]/
English heaven heaven ford (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 天 津
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12387 6725
Phonetic
component		 天 津
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 天 津
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰl'iːn/ /*ʔslin/

Proper noun

天津

  1. (～市) Tianjin (a direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China)
  2. the Milky Way
  3. Short for 天津橋／天津桥.
  4. (Chinese astronomy) Celestial Ford (Galaxy's ferry, a bridge across the Milky Way; an asterism within the Girl constellation)
  5. (～社區) Tianjin (a community in Yiyuan, Jiang'an district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 津
てん
Grade: 1		 しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

天(てん)津(しん) • (Tenshin) 

  1. Tianjin (a direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China)

Derived terms

Korean
Hanja in this term
天津

Proper noun

天津 • (Cheonjin) (hangeul 천진)

  1. Hanja form? of 천진 (“Tianjin”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天津

Proper noun

天津

  1. chữ Hán form of Thiên Tân (“Tianjin”).
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