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天台

天台

See also: 天臺

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform; Taiwan (abbr.)
simp. and trad. (天台)		天	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Tiāntái, Tiāntāi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ, ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ toi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Tiāntái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiantair
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    天台
    天臺／天台
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tiāntāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄊㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiantai
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ toi⁴
  - Yale: tīn tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ toi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Proper noun

天台

Alternative term for 天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān).
Tiantai County, Zhejiang
(Buddhism) Tiantai (a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra)
天台宗 ― Tiāntáizōng ― the Tiantai sect of Buddhism

Derived terms

劉阮上天台／刘阮上天台
天台女

天台宗
天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 天台 – see 天臺. (This term, 天台, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 天臺.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	台
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Proper noun

天台 ‎(hiragana てんだい, romaji Tendai)

a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra

Derived terms

天台宗