洞天

Chinese

		cave; hole	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (洞天)		洞	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngtiān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngtiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngtian
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: dùng-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqtian
  - Palladius: дунтянь (duntjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

洞天

(Taoism) place where supernatural beings live
fascinatingly beautiful place

Derived terms

別有洞天／别有洞天 (biéyǒudòngtiān)
洞天福地

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洞天):

→ Korean: 동천(洞天) (dongcheon)

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