天梯

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ladder
simp. and trad. (天梯)		天	梯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāntī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ tai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-thui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāntī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianti
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-tʻi¹
    • Yale: tyān-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianti
    • Palladius: тяньти (tjanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ tai¹
    • Yale: tīn tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ toi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ toi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-thui
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-thui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'tuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/

Noun

天梯

1. stairway to heaven
2. (figurative) high mountain road
3. tall ladder on high buildings or structures
4. palate (especially of pig) (as food)