DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

天驚石破

简天惊石破 · 繁天驚石破

Mandarin · pinyin tiān jīng shí pò

see 石破天驚 shí pò tiān jīng

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
驚: Look up this written character
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
惊: jīng · frighten, surprise, startle

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–2–4 · tian1 jing1 shi2 po4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

天驚石破 · find source passages ↗ · 天惊石破 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tin1 ging1 sek6 po3

Cantonese word readings for 天驚石破. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack