天窗

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	shutter; window
trad. (天窗)		天	窗
simp. #(天窗)		天	窗
alternative forms		天牕 天牎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-chhûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-thang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchuang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻuang¹
    • Yale: tyān-chwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchuang
    • Palladius: тяньчуан (tjanʹčuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (天窗兒／天窗儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchuāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchuangr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻuang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyān-chwāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchuangl
    • Palladius: тяньчуанр (tjanʹčuanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ coeng¹
    • Yale: tīn chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-chhûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ cung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-thang
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-thang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'tafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

天窗

1. skylight; hatchway; cupola
2. (archaic) crack at the top of a cave or cliff that lets in light
3. (Mainland China, rail transport) maintenance window: a period of time available for maintenance.

Derived terms

• 打開天窗說亮話／打开天窗说亮话 (dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà)
• 拉埋天窗
• 篷式天窗 (péngshì tiānchuāng)
• 開天窗／开天窗 (kāitiānchuāng)