Chinese

天堂

tiāntáng
heaven
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 5

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Origin

Calque of Sanskrit देवसभा (devasabhā, “hall of the gods”).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • calqueSanskritदेवसभा “hall of the gods”
  • characterChinese天 “sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial”
    • meaningChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
    • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
  • characterChinese堂 “main room of a house”
    • soundChinese尚 “still; yet”
      • meaningChinese八 “eight”
      • soundChinese向 “to face”
        • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
        • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese土 “earth; soil”

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