西天
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Chinese
| west | day; sky; heaven | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (西天) |
西 | 天 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sai1 tin1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-thian
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shi-thi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sitian
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-tʻien1
- Yale: syī-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitian
- Palladius: ситянь (sitjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 tin1
- Yale: sāi tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
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
- 上西天 (shàng xītiān)