天台 meaning in English

tiāntái

rooftop

Traditional 天臺9 strokes

Meaning of 天台

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tiāntái
  1. rooftop
Tiāntāi
  1. Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗
  2. Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang

天台 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà座zuò大dà厦shà天tiān台tái的de景jǐng色sè很hěn美měi的de,想xiǎng去qù看kàn看kàn吗ma?
There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

天 tiān · day · 4 strokes

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台 tái · you · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 天台.

今天jīntiāntoday; the present time; now
明天míngtiāntomorrow
昨天zuótiānyesterday
天气tiānqìweather
白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
星期天xīngqītiānSunday
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time
前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
夏天xiàtiānsummer
春天chūntiānspring (season)
冬天dōngtiānwinter

Questions about 天台

What does 天台 mean?

天台 (tiāntái) means "rooftop".

How do you write 天台?

天台 is made of 2 characters: 天 (4 strokes), 台 (5 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

How is 天台 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 天台 is written 天臺.