天花板

Chinese

		heaven flower; flower of the sky; divine flower, stated in the Lotus Sutra as of four kinds, two white and two red	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (天花板)		天花	板
simp. ^#(天花板)		天花	板

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tiānhuābǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄅㄢˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tian¹ hua¹ ban³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянхуабан (ti͡anhuaban, I-I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ faa¹ baan²
Gan (Wiktionary): tien¹ fa ban³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiên-fâ-pán

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ fa¹ ban³
Jin (Wiktionary): tie¹ hua¹ ban²
Northern Min (KCR): tíng-huá-bǎing
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hoa-pán
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tienn¹ fa¹ ban³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhuābǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄅㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianhuabǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hua¹-pan³
  - Yale: tyān-hwā-bǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhuabaan
  - Palladius: тяньхуабань (tjanʹxuabanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tian¹ hua¹ ban³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tianxuaban
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛn⁵⁵ xua⁵⁵ pan⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянхуабан (ti͡anhuaban, I-I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ xua²⁴ pæ̃⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ faa¹ baan²
  - Yale: tīn fā báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ faa¹ baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fa¹ ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tien¹ fa ban³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛn⁴² fa² pan²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-fâ-pán
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ fa^ˊ ban^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ fa¹ ban³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴ pan³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiên¹ fa¹ ban³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴ fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pan³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tie¹ hua¹ ban²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /tʰie¹¹ xua¹¹ pæ̃⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tíng-huá-bǎing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁴ xua⁵⁴ paiŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hoa-pán
  - Tâi-lô: thian-hua-pán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienhoa'parn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ hua³³ pan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /tʰiɛn³³⁻²¹ hua³³⁻²¹ pan⁴⁴⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: tienn¹ fa¹ ban³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ẽ³³ ɸa̠³³ pan⁴¹/

Noun

天花板

ceiling
天花板上掛著一盞名貴的吊燈。 [MSC, trad.]
天花板上挂着一盏名贵的吊灯。 [MSC, simp.]
Tiānhuābǎn shàng guà zhe yī zhǎn míngguì de diàodēng. [Pinyin]
A precious chandelier hung from the ceiling.
(figurative) ceiling; upper limit
(Dungan, Jin, anatomy) palate; upper jaw; maxilla

Synonyms

(ceiling): (Hokkien) 天河板

Dialectal synonyms of 天花板 (“ceiling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天花板
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	天花板, 頂棚
	Taiwan	天花板
	Chengde	頂棚
	Chifeng	天花板, 頂棚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頂棚
	Heihe	天花板, 天棚
	Qiqihar	天花板, 天棚
	Harbin	天花板, 天棚
	Jiamusi	天花板, 天棚
	Baicheng	天花板
	Changchun	天花板, 天棚
	Tonghua	頂棚, 房笆
	Shenyang	天花板, 天棚
	Jinzhou	天花板, 天棚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	仰護頂子
	Tangshan	天花板, 頂棚
	Cangzhou	頂棚
	Baoding	天花板, 頂間
	Shijiazhuang	頂棚
	Lijin	虛棚
	Jinan	天花板, 頂棚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	天棚
	Dandong	天棚
	Yantai	虛棚
	Yantai (Muping)	天棚, 仰棚
	Qingdao	仰棚, 頂棚
	Zhucheng	浮棚
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	頂棚
	Jining	頂棚, 仰次
	Linfen	仰塵, 棚
	Shangqiu	天花板, 頂棚
	Yuanyang	頂棚
	Zhengzhou	頂棚
	Xinyang	天花板, 頂棚
	Baihe	天花板, 頂棚
	Xi'an	天花板, 頂棚, 仰塵
	Baoji	頂棚, 仰塵
	Tianshui	天花板, 仰塵
	Xining	仰塵, 頂棚, 天花板
	Xuzhou	天花板, 頂棚, 仰視
	Fuyang	天花板, 頂棚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	仰塵, 頂棚
	Lanzhou	頂棚
	Dunhuang	天花板, 頂棚
	Hami	天花板, 頂棚
	Ürümqi	仰塵, 天花板, 頂棚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	天花板, 天花板兒, 頂棚
	Nanchong	天花板, 頂棚
	Dazhou	天花板, 望板
	Hanyuan	天花板
	Xichang	天花板, 頂棚
	Zigong	頂棚
	Chongqing	天花板, 望板兒
	Wuhan	天花板, 頂棚
	Yichang	天花板, 頂棚
	Xiangyang	天花板
	Tianmen	天花板, 頂棚
	Guiyang	天花板, 頂棚
	Zunyi	天花板, 頂棚
	Bijie	望板
	Liping	天花板
	Zhaotong	頂棚
	Dali	頂棚
	Kunming	天花板, 頂棚
	Mengzi	頂棚
	Guilin	天花板
	Liuzhou	天花板, 頂棚
	Jishou	天花板
	Changde	天花板
	Hanzhong	天花板, 頂棚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	天花板
	Yangzhou	天花板, 頂棚
	Lianyungang	天花板, 頂棚, 粱承子, 覆棚
	Lianshui	白棚
	Nantong	天花板
	Anqing	天花板, 頂棚
	Wuhu	天花板
	Hefei	天花板, 頂棚
	Hong'an	天花板, 頂棚, 灰棚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	天花板, 天花
Cantonese	Dongguan	浪層, 天花板
Gan	Nanchang	天花板
	Lichuan	天花板
	Pingxiang	天花板
Hakka	Meixian	天花板
Hakka	Yudu	天花板, 倒板, 天棚
Huizhou	Jixi	天花板
Huizhou	Shexian	天花板
Jin	Taiyuan	仰塵, 頂棚, 天花板 cement
	Yangyuan	天花板, 頂棚
	Datong	仰塵
	Xinzhou	幔子, 仰塵
	Lüliang (Lishi)	天花帽板, 帽子
	Changzhi	天花板, 仰塵
	Linhe	仰塵, 頂棚
	Jining	天花板
	Hohhot	頂棚
	Erenhot	仰塵, 頂棚
	Pingshan	頂, 仰紙
	Zhangjiakou	頂棚
	Handan	天花板, 頂棚
	Linzhou	天花板, 仰塵
	Suide	頂棚, 仰塵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	天花板
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	天花板
Southern Min	Xiamen	天羅板, 天篷
	Quanzhou	天篷
	Jinjiang	天烏板
	Taipei	天篷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	天花板, 天篷
	Kaohsiung	天篷, 天遮
	Yilan	天篷, 天遮
	Taichung	天篷
	Tainan	天篷
	Hsinchu	天篷
	Kinmen	天花板
	Penghu (Magong)	天遮
	Penang (Hokkien)	天花板
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒吊枋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	天花板
Wu	Shanghai	天花板
	Shanghai (Chongming)	天面
	Suzhou	天花板
	Danyang	天花板
	Hangzhou	天花板
	Ningbo	天花板
	Jinhua	天花板
Xiang	Changsha	天花板
Xiang	Loudi	天花板

(palate): 上顎／上颚 (shàng'è), 上頜／上颌 (shànghé); (Eastern Min) 上岸; (Hokkien) 頂頷／顶颔, 上疆

Derived terms

玻璃天花板 (bōli tiānhuābǎn)

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