黑天

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (黑天)		黑	天
anagram		天黑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēitiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēitiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heitian
  - Wade–Giles: hei¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: hēi-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heitian
  - Palladius: хэйтянь (xɛjtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ tin¹
  - Yale: hāk tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

黑天

night; nightfall

Synonyms

夜晚 (yèwǎn)

Derived terms

大黑天 (dàhēitiān)

Etymology 2

Partial calque of Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, literally “black”) + 天 (tiān, “deva”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hēitiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hēitiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Heitian
  - Wade–Giles: Hei¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: Hēi-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Heitian
  - Palladius: Хэйтянь (Xɛjtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ tin¹
  - Yale: hāk tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

黑天

(Hinduism) Krishna

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