任天堂

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	heaven; paradise
trad. (任天堂)		任	天堂
simp. ^#(任天堂)		任	天堂

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Rèntiāntáng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Rèntiāntáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Renntiantarng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

任天堂

(video games) Nintendo (Japanese video game company)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任	天	堂
にん Grade: 5	てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 4
goon

Etymology

Derivation remains uncertain, there is a common assumption that the company name is translated to "leave luck to heaven".

According to some sources, 任 (nin) is short for 任侠 (ninkyō, “chivalry”), likely in regards to yakuza activities; while 天 (ten, “heaven”) is short for 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore, sometimes connected to gambling. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

任天堂 (hiragana にんてんどう, katakana ニンテンドー, rōmaji Nintendō, historical hiragana にんてんだう)

(video games) Nintendo (video game company)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 任天堂
→ English: Nintendo

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