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

Noun

天堂

  1. (religion) heaven
  2. (figurative) paradise

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (天堂):

Proper noun

天堂

  1. (～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)?

  1. heaven

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
天堂

Noun

天堂 • (cheondang) (hangeul 천당)

  1. Hanja form? of 천당 (“heaven”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天堂

Noun

天堂

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên đường (“heaven”).
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