天井

天井

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	warn; well
simp. and trad. (天井)		天	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zeng², tin¹ zing²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-chiáng
• Min Nan (POJ): thiⁿ-chíⁿ / thiⁿ-chéⁿ / thian-chíⁿ / thian-chéⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjiing
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zeng², tin¹ zing²
    • Yale: tīn jéng, tīn jíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzeng², tin¹ dzing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zéng², tin¹ jing²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³⁵/

Note:

• tin1 zeng2 - vernacular;
• tin1 zing2 - literary.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-chiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ jiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ jiang³
    • IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ t͡ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvicvie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ t͡ɕĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvizvea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiencvie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienzvea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

Noun

天井

1. courtyard; patio
2. atrium

Synonyms

• (courtyard): 庭院 (tíngyuàn), 院落 (yuànluò), (colloquial) 院子 (yuànzi), 中庭 (zhōngtíng); (Min Nan) 深井, 埕斗

Proper noun

天井

1. (～村) Tianjing (a village in Sanhe, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	井
てん Grade: 1	しょう > じょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

天井 (hiragana てんじょう, rōmaji tenjō)

1. ceiling

Antonyms

• 床 (ゆか) (yuka, “floor”)

Coordinate terms

• 壁 (かべ) (kabe, “wall”)