# 天使
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiānshǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin$^1$ si$^3$ / tin$^1$ si$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen$^1$ lhu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sṳ́
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên$^1$ si$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-sài / thian-sài / thian-sù / thian-sìr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang$^1$ sai$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$thi-sy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tianshǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tʻien$^1$-shih$^3$
*** Yale: tyān-shř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshyy
*** Palladius: тяньши (tjanʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tin$^1$ si$^3$ / tin$^1$ si$^5$
*** Yale: tīn si / tīn síh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tin$^1$ si$^3$ / tin$^1$ si$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tin$^1$ xi$^3$ / tin$^1$ xi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː³³/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siː¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hen$^1$ lhu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hen³³ ɬu⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^ˊ$ sii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^1$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tiên$^1$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-sé̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$nøy²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-sài
*** Tâi-lô: thinn-sài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tvisaix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ sai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sai²¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sài
*** Tâi-lô: thian-sài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiensaix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sai¹¹/
** (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sù
*** Tâi-lô: thian-sù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiensux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ su¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sìr
*** Tâi-lô: thian-sìr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ sɯ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tiang$^1$ sai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang sài
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ sai²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$thi-sy
*** MiniDict: thi$^平$ sy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$thi-sr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

### Noun

天使
* angel
* (obsolete) envoy sent by Heaven or Son of Heaven; imperial or heavenly emissary

#### Synonyms

* (angel): (Dungan) 天仙, (obsolete) 安琪兒／安琪儿 (ānqí'ér)

#### Derived terms

* 墮天使 / 堕天使 (duòtiānshǐ)
* 天使島 / 天使岛 (Tiānshǐdǎo)
* 天使用戶 / 天使用户 (tiānshǐ yònghù)
* 天使輪 / 天使轮 (tiānshǐlún)
* 天使長 / 天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)
* 天使魚 / 天使鱼 (tiānshǐyú)
* 守護天使 / 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)
* 智天使 (zhìtiānshǐ)
* 熾天使 / 炽天使 (chìtiānshǐ)
* 白衣天使 (báiyī tiānshǐ)
* 雪天使 (xuětiānshǐ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 天(てん)使(し) (tenshi)
* → Korean: 천사(天使) (cheonsa)
* → Vietnamese: thiên sứ (天使)
Others:
* → Zhuang: denhsij

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 天 | 使 |
| てん Grade: 1 | し Grade: 3 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 天使 (MC then sriX|sriH).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てんし [téꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

### Noun

天(てん)使(し) • (tenshi)
* an angel
    天(てん)使(し)と悪(あく)魔(ま)
       Tenshi to Akuma
       Angels & Demons
* an imperial messenger or envoy
* a messenger or envoy from heaven
* (figurative) someone who is kind and pure; an angel

#### Quotations

* See Citations:天使.

#### Hyponyms

* 堕(だ)天(てん)使(し) (datenshi)
* 熾(し)天(てん)使(し) (shitenshi)
* 智(ち)天(てん)使(し) (chitenshi)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 天 | 使 |

### Noun

天使 • (cheonsa or McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏnsa or Yale: chensa) (hangeul 천사)
* hanja form of 천사 (“angel”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 天 | 使 |

### Noun

天使
* chữ Hán form of thiên sứ (“angel”).