粵

天tin1王wong4

tin1 wong4tiān wáng

English

  1. emperor
  2. god
  3. Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
  4. see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
  5. person who is accomplished and famous in a particular industry; literally: "king of"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺某個行業做得好出色嘅人 (量詞:名/位/個)

Examples

  • 太陽系有四個氣態大行星:木星、土星、天王星和海王星。

    The solar system has four gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 我們的太陽系有八大行星:水星、金星、地球、火星、木星、土星、天王星和海王星。

    Our solar system has eight major planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 飲食天王

    king of the catering industry

  • 特登指九十年代香港娛樂圈嘅四大天王

    the four leading male stars of Hong Kong Cantonese pop music in the 1990s; see 四大天王

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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