天梯

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ladder
simp. and trad. (天梯)		天	梯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāntī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ tai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thôi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-thui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāntī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianti
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tʻi¹
  - Yale: tyān-tī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianti
  - Palladius: тяньти (tjanʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ tai¹
  - Yale: tīn tāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ tei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ toi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ toi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰoi̯²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-thui
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-thui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'tuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tʰui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/

Noun

天梯

stairway to heaven
(figurative) high mountain road
tall ladder on high buildings or structures
palate (especially of pig) (as food)