天台

See also: 天臺

Chinese

Etymology 1

		day; sky; heaven	surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform; Taiwan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (天台)		天	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiāntāi, Tiāntái

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞ, ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ toi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāntāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tiantai
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-tʻai¹
  - Yale: Tyān-tāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiantai
  - Palladius: Тяньтай (Tjanʹtaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāntái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tiantái
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-tʻai²
  - Yale: Tyān-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiantair
  - Palladius: Тяньтай (Tjanʹtaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ toi⁴
  - Yale: tīn tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Proper noun

天台

Alternative name for 天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān).
Tiantai (a county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)
(Buddhism) Tiantai (a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra)
天台宗 ― Tiāntáizōng ― the Tiantai sect of Buddhism

Derived terms

劉阮上天台
天台女
天台宗
天台山

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 天台 – see 天臺 (“rooftop”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 天臺).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	台
てん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
天臺 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

天(てん)台(だい) • (Tendai)

(Buddhism) a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra

Derived terms

天台宗(てんだいしゅう) (Tendai-shū)