Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tien

/tjˈɛn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: tien
IPA: /tjˈɛn/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Mandarin.

name

Alternative form of Tian: Heaven, simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 田 (tián).

Inflected Forms

Tiens (plural) Tian (alternative) T'ien (alternative) Thien (alternative, Hakka)

Rhymes With

when then again men ten ben en pen gen cnn ken den

Questions

How do you pronounce tien?: The recorded pronunciation is /tjˈɛn/.
What does tien mean?: A surname from Mandarin.
Where does tien come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 田 (tián).

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