thiên

thiên

See also: thiền and Thiên

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天 (“sky; heaven”).

Noun

thiên (天)

1. (only in compounds) sky; heaven

Derived terms

• ba hoa thiên địa (“to jabber; to talk a lot of nonsense”)
• chim thiên đường (“bird of paradise”)
• hoa thiên lý (“Telosma cordata”)
• Mẫu Thượng Thiên (母上天, “one of four heavenly mothers in Đạo Mẫu worship”)
• Thiên Chúa (天主, “God”)
• thiên đường (天堂, “heaven; paradise”)
• thiên hạ (天下, “the outside world”)
• thiên nhiên (天然, “nature; natural”)
• Thiên Sơn (天山, “Tian Shan”)
• thiên sứ (天使, “angel”)
• thiên thần (天神, “angel”)
• thiên văn học (天文學, “astronomy”)
• Thuận Thiên (順天, “mythical sword of Vietnamese King Lê Lợi, literally Heaven's will”)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千 (“thousand”).

Numeral

thiên (千)

1. (archaic) thousand

Derived terms

• thiên tuế (千歲, “long live”)