天堂

Chinese

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

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit देवसभा (devasabhā, “hall of the gods”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tiāntáng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянтон (ti͡anton, I-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tin¹ tong⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hen¹ hong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiên-thòng

(Hailu, HRS): tien^ˋ tong
Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-dòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): teng¹ dorng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thian-tông / thiⁿ-tn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ deng⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹thi-daon₆ / ¹thie-daon₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāntáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiantáng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: tyān-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiantarng
  - Palladius: тяньтан (tjanʹtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянтон (ti͡anton, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ tʰɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ tong⁴
  - Yale: tīn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hen¹ hong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen³³ hɔŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ tong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ tong²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˋ tong
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰien⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-dòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(t-)nouŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: teng¹ dorng² [Phonetic: teng⁵ dorng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: teng-dó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ tɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: teng¹ dorng² [Phonetic: teng⁵ dorng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tɒŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tin¹ deng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ tṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thi-daon₆
  - MiniDict: thi^平 daon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-daan₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹thie-daon₂
  - MiniDict: thie^平 daon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /tʰie⁴⁴ dɑ̃³¹/

Noun

天堂

(religion) heaven
(figurative) paradise
- File:Gyirong welcome.JPG
  歡迎您到人間天堂吉隆溝 [MSC, trad.]
  欢迎您到人间天堂吉隆沟 [MSC, simp.]
  huānyíng nín dào rénjiāntiāntáng Jílónggōu [Pinyin]
  Welcome to Gyirong Valley, a Heaven on Earth

Antonyms

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: 天堂(てんどう) (tendō)
→ Korean: 천당(天堂) (cheondang)
→ Vietnamese: thiên đường (天堂)

Proper noun

天堂

(～鎮) Tiantang (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	堂
てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんどー [téꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)堂(どう) • (tendō) ^{←てんだう (tendau)^?}

heaven

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	堂

Noun

天堂 • (cheondang) (hangeul 천당)

hanja form^? of 천당 (“heaven”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	堂

Noun

天堂

chữ Hán form of thiên đường (“heaven”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1]

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

References

Korean

Noun

Vietnamese

Noun