殿堂

殿堂

Chinese

		palace hall	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (殿堂)		殿	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ tong⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): tiān-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diàntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianntarng
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ tong⁴
    • Yale: dihn tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ tong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tông
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexndoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ²³/

Noun

殿堂

1. palace; hall

   藝術殿堂 / 艺术殿堂  ―  yìshù diàntáng  ―  palace of art

2. (figuratively) ceremonial arena or occasion

   步入婚姻殿堂  ―  bùrù hūnyīn diàntáng  ―  to walk down the aisle; to become married

Synonyms

• (palace): (Min Nan) 殿帳／殿帐 (tiān-tiùⁿ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
殿	堂
でん Grade: S	どう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) でんどー [dèńdóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

殿堂 (hiragana でんどう, rōmaji dendō)

1. (dated) palace
2. hall of fame

Synonyms

• (palace): 宮殿 (きゅうでん) (kyūden)