祭壇

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See also: 祭坛

Chinese

		offer sacrifice; hold memorial service	altar
trad. (祭壇)		祭	壇
simp. (祭坛)		祭	坛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìtán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ taan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chi-thàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chè-tôaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìtán
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tʻan²
  - Yale: jì-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtarn
  - Palladius: цзитань (czitanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zai³ taan⁴
  - Yale: jai tàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ taan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zei³ tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ tʰaːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chi-thàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ji tan^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ji⁴ tan²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si⁵⁵ tʰan¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsè-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zea'dvoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ tuã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã²³/

Noun

祭壇

(religion) altar
- 我又聽見祭壇中有聲音說：「是的，主—全能的神啊，你的判斷又真實又公義！」 [MSC, trad.]
  我又听见祭坛中有声音说：「是的，主—全能的神啊，你的判断又真实又公义！」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 和合本修訂版 (Revised Chinese Union Version), 啟示錄 (Revelation) 16:7
  Wǒ yòu tīngjiàn jìtán zhōng yǒu shēngyīn shuō: “Shì de, Zhǔ - Quánnéng de Shén a, nǐ de pànduàn yòu zhēnshí yòu gōngyì!”
  And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Synonyms

祭臺／祭台 (jìtái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祭壇):

→ Japanese: 祭壇(さいだん) (saidan)
→ Korean: 제단(祭壇) (jedan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祭	壇
さい Grade: 3	だん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

祭(さい)壇(だん) • (saidan)

altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)

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