祭壇

See also: 祭坛

Chinese

		offer sacrifice; hold memorial service	altar
trad. (祭壇)		祭	壇
simp. (祭坛)		祭	坛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ taan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chi-thàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chè-tôaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìtán
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: jì-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtarn
    • Palladius: цзитань (czitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai³ taan⁴
    • Yale: jai tàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ taan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³ tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ tʰaːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chi-thàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ji tanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ji⁴ tan²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si⁵⁵ tʰan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-tôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsè-tuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zea'dvoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ tuã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã²³/

Noun

祭壇

1. (religion) altar

   • 我又聽見祭壇中有聲音說：「是的，主—全能的神啊，你的判斷又真實又公義！」 [MSC, trad.]
     我又听见祭坛中有声音说：「是的，主—全能的神啊，你的判断又真实又公义！」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 和合本修訂版 (Revised Chinese Union Version), 啟示錄 (Revelation) 16:7

     Wǒ yòu tīngjiàn jìtán zhōng yǒu shēngyīn shuō: “Shì de, Zhǔ - Quánnéng de Shén a, nǐ de pànduàn yòu zhēnshí yòu gōngyì!” [Pinyin]

     And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Synonyms

• 祭臺／祭台 (jìtái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祭壇):

• → Japanese: 祭壇(さいだん) (saidan)
• → Korean: 제단(祭壇) (jedan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祭	壇
さい Grade: 3	だん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠idã̠ɴ]

Noun

祭(さい)壇(だん) • (saidan) 

1. altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)