任天堂

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	heaven; paradise
trad. (任天堂)		任	天堂
simp. #(任天堂)		任	天堂

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rèntiāntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rèntiāntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rèntiantáng
    • Wade–Giles: Jên⁴-tʻien¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: Rèn-tyān-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Renntiantarng
    • Palladius: Жэньтяньтан (Žɛnʹtjanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 任天堂

1. Nintendo (Japanese video game company)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
任	天	堂
にん Grade: 5	てん Grade: 1	どう Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Derivation remains uncertain, there is a common assumption that the company name is translated to "leave luck to heaven".

According to some sources, 任 (nin) is short for 任侠 (ninkyō, “chivalry”), likely in regards to yakuza activities; while 天 (ten, literally “heaven”) is short for 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore which is sometimes connected to gambling. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) or 任天堂(ニンテンドー) • (Nintendō) ^{←にんてんだう (nintendau)?}

1. Nintendo (video game company)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 任天堂 (Rèntiāntáng)
• → English: Nintendo

See also

• ファミコン (famikon)