殿宇

Chinese

		palace hall	room; universe
simp. and trad. (殿宇)		殿	宇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dyàn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannyeu
    • Palladius: дяньюй (djanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: dihn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² jyː¹³/

Noun

殿宇

1. (literary) lofty building (such as a palace or temple)

   • 主說：天是我的座位，地是我的腳凳；你們要為我造何等的殿宇？哪裏是我安息的地方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     主说：天是我的座位，地是我的脚凳；你们要为我造何等的殿宇？哪里是我安息的地方呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts of the Apostles) 7:49

     Zhǔ shuō: Tiān shì wǒ de zuòwèi, dì shì wǒ de jiǎodèng; nǐmen yào wèi wǒ zào héděng de diànyǔ? Nǎlǐ shì wǒ ānxī de dìfang ne? [Pinyin]

     Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?