天窗

Chinese

	day; sky; heaven	shutter; window
trad. (天窗)	天	窗
simp. ^#(天窗)	天	窗
alternative forms	天牕天牎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānchuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-chhûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-thang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianchuang
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻuang¹
  - Yale: tyān-chwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchuang
  - Palladius: тяньчуан (tjanʹčuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (天窗兒 / 天窗儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchuāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄨㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianchuangr
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻuang¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: tyān-chwāngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchuangl
  - Palladius: тяньчуанр (tjanʹčuanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ coeng¹
  - Yale: tīn chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-chhûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ cung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ cung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-thang
  - Tâi-lô: thinn-thang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'tafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

天窗

skylight; hatchway; cupola
(archaic) crack at the top of a cave or cliff that lets in light
(Mainland China, rail transport) maintenance window: a period of time available for maintenance.

Derived terms

打開天窗說亮話 / 打开天窗说亮话 (dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà)
拉埋天窗
篷式天窗 (péngshì tiānchuāng)
開天窗 / 开天窗 (kāitiānchuāng)