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2025
西天
西天
Chinese
west
day; sky; heaven
simp.
and
trad.
(
西天
)
西
天
Noun
西天
(
Buddhism
)
the
western
skies
;
ancient
India
(
Buddhism
)
Western
Paradise
;
Sukhavati
(
euphemistic
)
heaven
, the place that a person goes to after death
Derived terms
上西天
(
shàngxītiān
)
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
xītiān
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sai
1
tin
1
Min Nan
(
POJ
)
:
se-thian
Wu
(
Wiktionary
)
:
xi thi (T1)
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
xītiān
Zhuyin
:
ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shitian
IPA
(key)
:
/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
sai
1
tin
1
Yale
:
s
ā
i t
ī
n
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sai
1
tin
1
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sɐi̯
⁵⁵
tʰiːn
⁵⁵
/
Min Nan
(
Hokkien
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
se-thian
Tâi-lô
:
se-thian
Phofsit Daibuun
:
se'tiefn
IPA (
Xiamen
)
:
/se⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
IPA (
Quanzhou
)
:
/se³³ tʰiɛn³³/
IPA (
Zhangzhou
)
:
/se⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
IPA (
Taipei
)
:
/se⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
IPA (
Kaohsiung
)
:
/se⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
Wu
(
Shanghainese
)
Wiktionary
:
xi thi (T1)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/
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