天台

See also: 天臺

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

天台

  1. Alternative name for 天台山 (Tiāntāi Shān).
  2. Tiantai County, Zhejiang
  3. (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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 天台 – see 天臺 (“rooftop”).
(This term, 天台, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 天臺.)
Notes:

Japanese

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

Proper noun

天台 (hiragana てんだい, rōmaji Tendai)

  1. a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra

Derived terms

  • 天台宗
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