天魔

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	devil
trad. (天魔)		天	魔
simp. ^#(天魔)		天	魔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānmó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ mo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianmó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-mo²
  - Yale: tyān-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianmo
  - Palladius: тяньмо (tjanʹmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ mo¹
  - Yale: tīn mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ mo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

天魔

demon; evil spirit

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天魔):

→ Japanese: 天魔(てんま) (tenma)
→ Korean: 천마(天魔) (cheonma)
→ Vietnamese: Thiên Ma (天魔)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	魔
てん Grade: 1	ま Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mːa̠]

Noun

天(てん)魔(ま) • (tenma)

(mythology) demon; evil spirit

Proper noun

天(てん)魔(ま) • (Tenma)

(Buddhism) Mara, demonic ruler of the sixth heaven in the Desire Realm who tempts souls away from enlightenment.
Synonyms: 第六天魔王 (Dairokutenmaō), 魔羅 (Mara)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	魔

Noun

天魔

chữ Hán form of Thiên Ma