Meaning of 天堂
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- paradise
- heaven
How to use 天堂
天堂 can mean heaven in a religious sense, and it is also often used for any place that feels wonderful, much like paradise in English. It often appears in the pattern ……的天堂, meaning a paradise for someone. Example: 这里是购物的天堂。(Zhèlǐ shì gòuwù de tiāntáng.) This place is a shopping paradise.
天 (tiān) means sky, and 堂 (táng) is a large hall. A grand hall up in the sky is 天堂 (tiāntáng), heaven or paradise.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 堂 (táng) as 常 (cháng) or 党 (dǎng), which look similar on top. 堂 has 土 (earth) at the bottom, so picture a hall built on the ground.
天堂 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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堂 táng · hall · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 天堂.
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
| 夏天 | xiàtiān | summer |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān | winter |
Questions about 天堂
What does 天堂 mean?
天堂 (tiāntáng) means "paradise; heaven" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 天堂?
天堂 is made of 2 characters: 天 (4 strokes), 堂 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 天堂 an HSK word?
Yes. 天堂 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the opposite of 天堂 in Chinese?
The usual opposite is 地狱 (dìyù), hell. There is a well-known pair of contrasting sayings that uses both words, describing life as either heaven or hell.
Is 天堂 the same as 天上 or 天空?
No. 天空 (tiānkōng) is the physical sky and 天上 (tiānshàng) means up in the sky. 天堂 refers to heaven as a place of happiness or the afterlife, not the sky itself.