殿宇

Chinese

		palace hall	room; universe
simp. and trad. (殿宇)		殿	宇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-yü³
  - Yale: dyàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannyeu
  - Palladius: дяньюй (djanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: dihn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² jyː¹³/

Noun

殿宇

(literary) lofty building (such as a palace or temple)
- 主說：天是我的座位，地是我的腳凳；你們要為我造何等的殿宇？哪裏是我安息的地方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  主说：天是我的座位，地是我的脚凳；你们要为我造何等的殿宇？哪里是我安息的地方呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts of the Apostles) 7:49
  Zhǔ shuō: Tiān shì wǒ de zuòwèi, dì shì wǒ de jiǎodèng; nǐmen yào wèi wǒ zào héděng de diànyǔ? Nǎlǐ shì wǒ ānxī de dìfang ne? [Pinyin]
  Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

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