西天
Chinese
| west | day; sky; heaven | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (西天) |
西 | 天 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitian
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sai1 tin1
- Yale: sāi tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 tin1
- IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xi thi (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
西天
- (Buddhism) the western skies; ancient India
- (Buddhism) Western Paradise; Sukhavati
- (euphemistic) heaven, the place that a person goes to after death
Synonyms
- 西方 (xīfāng)
Derived terms
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