天公作美

Chinese

		lord of heaven; the Jade Emperor	to cooperate; to make things easy; to be favourable
trad. (天公作美)		天公	作美
simp. ^#(天公作美)		天公	作美
Literally: “the heavens are cooperative”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāngōngzuòměi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gung¹ zok³ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngōngzuòměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiangongzuòměi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kung¹-tso⁴-mei³
  - Yale: tyān-gūng-dzwò-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangongtzuohmeei
  - Palladius: тяньгунцзомэй (tjanʹgunczomɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gung¹ zok³ mei⁵
  - Yale: tīn gūng jok méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gung¹ dzok⁸ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gung¹ zog³ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ mei̯¹³/

Idiom

天公作美

the weather is good, especially for an event

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 天公造美

Antonyms

天公不作美

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