上西天

上西天

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	Western Paradise
simp. and trad. (上西天)		上	西天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngxītiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ sai¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngxītiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshitian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ sai¹ tin¹
    • Yale: séuhng sāi tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ sai¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ sei¹ tin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

上西天

1. (Buddhism) to go to Western Paradise
2. (euphemistic) to die; to enter heaven