拜堂

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (拜堂)		拜	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàitáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài-tn̂g / pài-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàitáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàitáng
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-tʻang²
    • Yale: bài-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baytarng
    • Palladius: байтан (bajtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai³ tong⁴
    • Yale: baai tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai³ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pài-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pae'dngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ tŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài-tông
    • Tâi-lô: pài-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pae'doong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

拜⫽堂 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to make ceremonial obeisances; to perform the marriage ceremony; to ritually kneel to heaven and earth in a wedding ceremony (of bride and groom)

Synonyms

• 拜天地 (bài tiāndì)