高天

Chinese

		high; tall	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (高天)		高	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāotiān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄊㄧㄢ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-thiên

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāotiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaotian
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: gāu-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautian
  - Palladius: гаотянь (gaotjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-thiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: go´ tien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ tian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi̯en²⁴/

Noun

高天

(literary) Heaven; God
(literary) the sky above
(literary) high altitude
(literary) the big sky

Derived terms

名高天下
周郎妙計高天下，賠了夫人又折兵／周郎妙计高天下，赔了夫人又折兵
高天厚地
高天原 (Gāotiānyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高天):

→ Japanese: 高天(こうてん) (kōten)
→ Korean: 고천(高天) (gocheon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	天
こう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

高(こう)天(てん) • (kōten) ^{←かうてん (kauten)^?}

The heavens

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