HSK 6 · Ideas

天堂 tiāntáng “heaven” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 天堂 means

  1. heaven
  2. paradise

How to say 天堂

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale天tiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale堂táng2nd tone, rising

天堂 in a sentence

  1. 这个海滩是冲浪者的天堂。

    Zhè ge hǎitān shì chōnglàngzhě de tiāntáng.

    This beach is a surfers’ paradise.

    Sentence #335513 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个公园是小孩子的天堂。

    Zhè ge gōngyuán shì xiǎoháizi de tiāntáng.

    This park is a paradise for young children.

    Sentence #2757179 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 一盘抓饭配一些烤肉串就是人间天堂。

    Yì pán zhuāfàn pèi yìxiē kǎoròuchuàn jiù shì rénjiān tiāntáng.

    A plate of pilaf with some kebabs is heaven on earth.

    Sentence #419826 from Tatoeba

How 天堂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 天 (tiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
天tiānday
  • 一one · yī
  • 大big · dà

Memory aidA person 大 with the sky 一 above: sky, heaven, day.

The character 堂 (táng) with each of its parts in a different colour
堂tánghall
  • 尚still · shàngSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with táng.

How to write 天堂

天 4 strokes · 堂 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

天堂 (tiāntáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 天堂 (tiāntáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 天堂

Words with 天

天tiān · day今天jīntiān · today明天míngtiān · tomorrow昨天zuótiān · yesterday天气tiānqì · weather白天báitiān · daytime星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday聊天liáotiān · to chat夏天xiàtiān · summer冬天dōngtiān · winter

More words: Ideas & Concepts

素质sùzhì · quality特长tècháng · strength天才tiāncái · genius天赋tiānfù · natural talent条理tiáolǐ · order体系tǐxì · system统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects推理tuīlǐ · reasoning

FAQs

天堂 (tiāntáng) means “heaven” or “paradise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tiāntáng: tiān with a 1st tone, then táng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 天堂 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiantang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 天堂 from the suggestions. Typing tiantang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
天堂 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.