天花板

Chinese

		heaven flower; flower of the sky; divine flower, stated in the Lotus Sutra as of four kinds, two white and two red	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (天花板)		天花	板
simp. #(天花板)		天花	板

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhuābǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ faa¹ baan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-fâ-pán
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hoa-pán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhuābǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhuabǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hua¹-pan³
    • Yale: tyān-hwā-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhuabaan
    • Palladius: тяньхуабань (tjanʹxuabanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ faa¹ baan²
    • Yale: tīn fā báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ faa¹ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fa¹ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ paːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-fâ-pán
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ fa^ˊ ban^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ fa¹ ban³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fa²⁴ pan³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hoa-pán
    • Tâi-lô: thian-hua-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienhoa'parn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ hua³³ pan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天花板

1. ceiling

   天花板上掛著一盞名貴的吊燈。 [MSC, trad.]
   天花板上挂着一盏名贵的吊灯。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tiānhuābǎn shàng guà zhe yī zhǎn míngguì de diàodēng. [Pinyin]

   A precious chandelier hung from the ceiling.

2. (figurative) ceiling; upper limit

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 天羅板／天罗板, 天篷, 天遮

See also

• 地板 (dìbǎn)
• 屋頂／屋顶 (wūdǐng)