應天

Chinese

		respond, conform response, conforming responding, conforming	Heaven fate
trad. (應天)		應	天
simp. (应天)		应	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngtiān, Yìngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ, ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing³ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngtian
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: yìng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqtian
  - Palladius: интянь (intjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yìngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yìngtian
  - Wade–Giles: Ying⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: Yìng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yinqtian
  - Palladius: Интянь (Intjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing³ tin¹
  - Yale: ying tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying³ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

應天

to conform to the will of Heaven

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應天):

→ Japanese: 応天(おうてん) (ōten)
→ Korean: 응천(應天) (eungcheon)

Proper noun

應天

(historical) former name of 南京 (Nánjīng), Nanjing (a city in Jiangsu, China), during the Ming Dynasty.

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “應天” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].