洞天

Chinese

		cave; hole	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (洞天)		洞	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngtian
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: dùng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqtian
    • Palladius: дунтянь (duntjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

洞天

1. (Taoism) place where supernatural beings live
2. fascinatingly beautiful place

Derived terms

• 別有洞天／别有洞天 (biéyǒudòngtiān)
• 洞天福地

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洞天):

• → Korean: 동천(洞天) (dongcheon)