天虹

天虹

1. (literary or dialectal) rainbow (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   • 卽在雲内、我置天虹、爲我與地所立約之號也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     即在云内、我置天虹、为我与地所立约之号也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1838, translated by Karl Gützlaff, 舊遺詔聖書, 創世記 [Genesis] 9:13

     Jí zài yún nèi, wǒ zhì tiānhóng, wéi wǒ yǔ dì suǒ lìyuē zhī hào yě. [Pinyin]

     I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

   • 有一条天虹 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1877, Easy Phrases in the Canton Dialect of the Chinese Language, second edition, Lesson 17

     jau⁵ jat¹ tiu⁴ tin¹ hung⁴ [Jyutping]

     There is a rainbow.

   • 見到天虹雲際現出光彩重重　令我忽然明白人生的匆匆 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     见到天虹云际现出光彩重重　令我忽然明白人生的匆匆 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1978, 汪明荃 [Liza Wang], lyrics by 黃霑 [James Wong Jim], 《天虹》 [Over the Rainbow]

     gin³ dou^3-2 tin¹ hung⁴ wan⁴ zai³ jin⁶ ceot¹ gwong¹ coi² cung⁴ cung⁴, ling⁶ ngo⁵ fat¹ jin⁴ ming⁴ baak⁶ jan⁴ sang¹ dik¹ cung¹ cung¹ [Jyutping]

     Seeing the rainbow shining brilliantly in the clouds, it made me suddenly understand life's hustle and bustle.

   • 原來現實與那理想總不太同　在谷底哪有天虹 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     原来现实与那理想总不太同　在谷底哪有天虹 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 林宥嘉 [Yoga Lin], lyrics by 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong], 壞與更壞 [Worse comes to worst]

     jyun⁴ loi⁴ jin⁶ sat⁶ jyu⁵ naa⁵ lei⁵ soeng² zung² bat¹ taai³ tung⁴, zoi⁶ guk¹ dai² naa⁵ jau⁵ tin¹ hung⁴ [Jyutping]

     As it turns out, reality and the ideal are always slightly different; how would there be a rainbow in the valley?

   • 陰霾籠罩著青空　掩不住燦爛的天虹 [MSC, trad.]
     阴霾笼罩着青空　掩不住灿烂的天虹 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 張獻仁, lyrics by 廖明治, 俠蹤

     yīnmái lóngzhào zhe qīngkōng, yǎn bù zhù cànlàn de tiānhóng [Pinyin]

     The haze shrouds over the blue sky, but it cannot cover the radiant rainbow