天堂

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (天堂)		天	堂

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit देवसभा (devasabhā, “hall of the gods”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiāntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянтон (ti͡anton, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ tong⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thòng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-dòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-tông / thiⁿ-tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ deng⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹thi-daon₆ / ¹thie-daon₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiantáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: tyān-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantarng
    • Palladius: тяньтан (tjanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянтон (ti͡anton, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ tʰɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: tīn tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ tong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-dòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)nouŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tông
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendoong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'dngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-daon₆
    • MiniDict: thi^平 daon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-daan₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹thie-daon₂
    • MiniDict: thie^平 daon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /tʰie⁴⁴ dɑ̃³¹/

Noun

天堂

1. (religion) heaven
2. (figurative) paradise
   • File:Gyirong welcome.JPG

     歡迎您到人間天堂吉隆溝 [MSC, trad.]
     欢迎您到人间天堂吉隆沟 [MSC, simp.]

     huānyíng nín dào rénjiāntiāntáng Jílónggōu [Pinyin]

     Welcome to Gyirong Valley, a Heaven on Earth

Antonyms

• 地獄／地狱 (dìyù)

Derived terms

• 上有天堂，下有蘇杭／上有天堂，下有苏杭 (shàng yǒu tiāntáng, xià yǒu Sūháng)
• 人間天堂／人间天堂
• 任天堂 (Rèntiāntáng)
• 天堂鳥／天堂鸟 (tiāntángniǎo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天堂):

• → Japanese: 天堂(てんどう) (tendō)
• → Korean: 천당(天堂) (cheondang)
• → Vietnamese: thiên đường (天堂)

Proper noun

天堂

1. (～鎮) Tiantang (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	堂
てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんどー [téꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)堂(どう) • (tendō) ^{←てんだう (tendau)?}

1. heaven

See also

• 天国(てんごく) (tengoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	堂

Noun

天堂 • (cheondang) (hangeul 천당)

1. hanja form^? of 천당 (“heaven”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	堂

Noun

天堂

1. chữ Hán form of thiên đường (“heaven”).