天堂

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāntáng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ tong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thòng
Min Nan (POJ): thian-tông / thiⁿ-tn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāntáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantarng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ tong⁴
  - Yale: tīn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ tong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ tongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ tong²
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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/

Noun

天堂

(religion) heaven
天堂之門 / 天堂之门 ― tiāntáng zhī mén ― Heaven's Gate (a disbanded cult, and also a door in Florence, Italy)
paradise

Antonyms

(paradise): 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 (てん)堂 (どう) (tendō)
→ Korean: 천당 (天堂, cheondang)
→ Vietnamese: thiên đường (天堂)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	堂
てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

天堂 (hiragana てんどう, rōmaji tendō)

heaven

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	堂

Noun

天堂 • (cheondang) (hangeul 천당)

Hanja form^? of 천당 (“heaven”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
天	堂

Noun

天堂

Hán tự form of thiên đường (“heaven”).

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