天寶

天寶

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (天寶)		天	寶
simp. (天宝)		天	宝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-pao³
    • Yale: Tyān-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianbao
    • Palladius: Тяньбао (Tjanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ bou²
    • Yale: tīn bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /tʰen  pɑu^X/

Rime
Character	天	寶
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	他前切	博抱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰen/	/pɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰen/	/pɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛn/	/pɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛn/	/pawX/
Li Rong	/tʰen/	/pɑuX/
Wang Li	/tʰien/	/pɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰien/	/pɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiān	bǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tin1	bou2

Proper noun

天寶

1. era name of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (742—756)
2. (～鄉) Tianbao (a township in Zhuxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)