天堂
Old HSK 6
天堂 (tiāntáng) · heaven
天堂 (tiāntáng) means “heaven; paradise”. It is written with 2 characters: 天 (day) + 堂 (hall). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 天堂 is built
The characters
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
堂 táng · hall
What 堂 is made of
- 尚shàng — still
- ⺌ — structural part
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 尚 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里是孩子们的天堂。Zhèlǐ shì háizimen de tiāntáng.This place is a paradise for children.
人们都说那个小岛像天堂一样美。Rénmen dōu shuō nàge xiǎodǎo xiàng tiāntáng yíyàng měi.People say that island is as beautiful as paradise.
Questions about 天堂
What does 天堂 mean?
天堂 (tiāntáng) means “heaven; paradise”.
How do you pronounce 天堂?
天堂 is pronounced tiāntáng.
Which HSK level is 天堂?
天堂 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 半天bàntiānhalf a day
- 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
- 昨天zuótiānyesterday
- 春天chūntiānspring (season)
Learn 天堂 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 178: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.