Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tán
English
- altar
- altar
- arena, examination hall
- platform; rostrum
- (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
- the professional community
- quantifier for projects or events
- A place that hosts a ceremony held by monks or Daoshi to ensure the passing of death for certain religions ----
- quantifier for trouble
- A terrace that is set for the coronation of generals & oath of alliance ----
- A terrace that is set for offering sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
粵語
- 專業社群
- 項目或者活動嘅量詞
- 某啲宗教舉行法事嘅場所
- 麻煩事情嘅量詞
- 古代朝會盟誓同封拜大將所設嘅高臺。
- 古代用嚟舉行祭祀嘅高臺。禮記．祭義：「祭日於壇」。
Variants
Words containing 壇
- 論壇leon6 taan4
forum (for discussion)
- 政壇zing3 taan4
political circles
- 祭壇zai3 taan4
altar
- 體壇tai2 taan4
sporting circles
- 講壇gong2 taan4
a platform (to speak)
- 影壇jing2 taan4
moviedom
- 天壇tin1 taan4
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
- 樂壇ngok6 taan4
music circles
- 社壇se5 taan4
(noun) the shrine of the Earth God
- 杏壇hang6 taan4
(noun) the teaching profession
- 神壇san4 taan4
altar; shrine
- 歌壇go1 taan4
singing stage
- 書壇syu1 taan4
the calligraphic community
- 球壇kau4 taan4
world of ball games/sports
- 棒壇paang5 taan4
baseball circles
- 詩壇si1 taan4
poetry circles
- 佛壇fat6 taan4
Butsudan
- 武壇mou5 taan4
martial arts circles
- 玄壇jyun4 taan4
The God of Yuen Tan, or Marshal Chiu Gong-ming, one of the Four Guardians of Daoism, he also known as the Armed God of Wealth. As his image is shown in dark face with serious attitude, so his name is borrowed to describe someone who is pouting or pulling a long face.
- 文壇man4 taan4
literary circles
- 花壇faa1 taan4
decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
- 足壇zuk1 taan4
soccer circles
- 醮壇ziu3 taan4
altar
- 地壇dei6 taan4
Temple of Earth (in Beijing)