# 天河
## Chinese

* 天河

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tiānhé
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tian$^1$ ho$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянхә (ti͡anhə, I-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin$^1$ ho$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen$^1$ ho$^3$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): tin$^1$ ho$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'tien$^1$ ho$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thiên-hò
    (Hailu, HRS): tien$^ˋ$ ho
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên$^1$ ho$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tie$^1$ he$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): tíng-ǒ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-ò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tin$^1$ ho$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$thi-wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tienn$^1$ ho$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tianhé
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^1$-ho$^2$
*** Yale: tyān-hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianher
*** Palladius: тяньхэ (tjanʹxɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tian$^1$ ho$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tianxo
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɛn⁵⁵ xo²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянхә (ti͡anhə, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiæ̃²⁴ xə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tin$^1$ ho$^4$
*** Yale: tīn hòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tin$^1$ ho$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tin$^1$ ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hen$^1$ ho$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hen³³ hᵘɔ²²/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: tin$^1$ ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰin³³ hɔ⁴²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'tien$^1$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈtʰiɛn⁴² ho²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^ˊ$ ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^1$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ho¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^ˋ$ ho
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰien⁵³ ho⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tiên$^1$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ho¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tie$^1$ he$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰie¹¹ xɤ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tíng-ǒ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ⁵⁴ ɔ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-ò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋo⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hô
*** Tâi-lô: thian-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tienhooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tin$^1$ ho$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ hô
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ ho⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$thi-wu
*** MiniDict: thi$^平$ wu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$thi-hhu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: tienn$^1$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ẽ³³ xo¹³/
* Middle Chinese: then ha
Rime :
| Character | 天 | 河 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 他前切 | 胡歌切 |
| Baxter | then | ha |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰen/ | /ɦɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰen/ | /ɦɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛn/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛn/ | /ɦa/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰen/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰien/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰien/ | /ɣɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tiān | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tin$^1$ | ho$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n] [C.ɡ]ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰl'iːn ɡaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 天 | 天 | 河 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tiān | xiān | hé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ then › | ‹ xen › | ‹ ha › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁi[n]/ | /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) | /*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/ |
| English | heaven | heaven | river |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 天 | 河 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12387 | 7459 |
| Phonetic component | 天 | 可 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 天 | 何 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰl'iːn/ | /*ɡaːl/ |

### Proper noun

天河
* (colloquial) Milky Way
* (～區) Tianhe (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

#### Synonyms

* (Milky Way):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 雲漢, 銀河, 天河, 天漢, 星河, 星漢, 銀漢, 河漢, 雲河 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 銀河, 天河, 星河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 銀河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 天河, 銀河, 牛郎織女河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 銀河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 天河 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 天河 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 銀河, 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 銀河, 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Qimen (Anling Junhua) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 天河 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 銀河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 天河 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanbu | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 銀河 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 天河, 銀河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 天河, 黃河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 黃河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 天河 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 河溪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 河溪路 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 銀河, 天河, 河 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 河溪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 穀河, 米河 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 銀河 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 天河 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 銀河 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 天河 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 天河 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 天河, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 天河, 河溪, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 銀河, 河溪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 天河, 河路 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Jiexi (Huizhai) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Changting | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 天河 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 河軒, 天河 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 天河 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 天河 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 銀河, 河溪 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 天河, 河溪, 河漢, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 天河, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 天河, 河溪, 河漢, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 河溪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 天河, 河溪, 銀河 |
| Hakka | Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 天河 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 穀河米河 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 穀行 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 穀河米河 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 穀米河 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Binyang (Wangling) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 天河 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Dashigu) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Tianlin (Gaolong) | 銀河 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 銀河, 夕陽風 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 銀河 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Qimen (Anling Minhua) | 天河 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 銀河 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 銀河 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 天河 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 天河 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 天河 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 天河 |
| Jin | Datong | 天河 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 天河 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 天河 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 天河 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 天河 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 天河 |
| Jin | Linhe | 天河 |
| Jin | Jining | 天河 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 天河 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 銀河, 天河 |
| Jin | Baotou | 天河 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 銀河 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 天河 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 天河 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 天河 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 天河 |
| Jin | Handan | 天河 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 天河 |
| Jin | Suide | 銀河, 天河 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 河溪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 天河 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 河溪 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 天河 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天河, 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 天河, 橫街, 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 河溪 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 天河, 銀河 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 銀河 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 天河, 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 雨溪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 天河, 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 天河, 河溪, 銀溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 河坑, 河溪 rural |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 河溪, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 星河, 天河 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Miaoli (Houlong) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 河溪, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 天溪, 銀溪 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 天河 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 天河 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 天河, 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 河溪 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 銀河 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 後溪 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 銀河 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 河溪 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 河溪 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 霞溪 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 天河 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 河溪道 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 銀河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 銀河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Sucun) | 銀河, 天河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 天河 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 銀河 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 天河 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 銀河, 天河 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 天河 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 天河 |
| Wu | Danyang | 天河 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 天河, 銀河 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 天河 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 天河 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 橫河 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 天河, 河路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 天河 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 天河 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 天河 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 銀河 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 天河 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 旱每 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Songwei, Guitou) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 銀河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 天河 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 糶米路 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 天(てん)河(が) (Tenga)
* → Korean: 천하(天河) (Cheonha)
* → Vietnamese: thiên hà (天河)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 天 | 河 |
| てん Grade: 1 | が Grade: 5 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天河 (*ten *ha, literally “heavenly river”). Compare Mandarin 天河 (Tiānhé, “Milky Way”), Vietnamese thiên hà (“galaxy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tẽ̞ŋɡa̠]

### Proper noun

天(てん)河(が) • (Tenga)
* (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, “Milky Way”)
* Tianhe (a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

### See also

* 天(あま)の河(がわ) (Amanogawa)

### References

* Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 天 | 河 |

### Proper noun

天河 • (Cheonha) (hangeul 천하)
* hanja form of 천하 (“Milky Way”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 天 | 河 |

### Noun

天河
* chữ Hán form of thiên hà (“galaxy”).