拜天地

Chinese

		to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	sky and ground; heaven and earth; world sky and ground; heaven and earth; world; the vast earth; universe
trad. (拜天地)		拜	天地
simp. ^#(拜天地)		拜	天地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bài tiāndì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bai⁴ tian¹ di⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai³ tin¹ dei⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): bai³ tie¹ di³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pài thiⁿ-tōe / pài thiⁿ-tē
Wu (Jinhua, Wugniu): ⁵pa-thiaa₁-ti₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bài tiāndì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bài tiandì
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴ tʻien¹-ti⁴
  - Yale: bài tyān-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bay tiandih
  - Palladius: бай тяньди (baj tjanʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bai⁴ tian¹ di⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bai tiandi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai²¹³ tʰiɛn⁵⁵ ti²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baai³ tin¹ dei⁶
  - Yale: baai tīn deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai³ tin¹ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai³ tin¹ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ tei̯²²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bai³ tie¹ di³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pai⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹ ti⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài thiⁿ-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: pài thinn-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paix tvi'doe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pai²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pai¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pài thiⁿ-tē
  - Tâi-lô: pài thinn-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paix tvi'de
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
Wu
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pa-thiaa₁-ti₆
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /pɑ³³ tʰia³³ ti⁵⁵/

Verb

拜⫽天地 (verb-object)

to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a traditional Chinese wedding

Synonyms

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交拜 (Xianyou Puxian Min)
拜堂 (bàitáng)
跪堂 (Putian Puxian Min)

Dialectal synonyms of 拜堂 (“to ritually kneel to heaven, earth, and ancestors in a wedding ceremony”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拜堂, 拜天地
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	拜堂
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	拜堂, 拜天地
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拜天地, 拜堂, 拜花堂
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拜天地
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拜天地
	Xi'an	拜堂
	Xining	拜天地, 拜堂
	Xuzhou	拜堂, 拜天地
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拜天地, 拜堂
	Lanzhou	拜堂, 拜天地
	Ürümqi	拜堂
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拜天地, 拜堂
	Wuhan	拜堂
	Guiyang	拜天地
	Liuzhou	拜堂, 拜天地
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拜堂
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拜堂, 拜天地
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拜天地, 拜堂
	Hong Kong	拜堂
	Dongguan	拜堂, 行大禮
Gan	Nanchang	拜堂
	Lichuan	拜堂
	Pingxiang	拜堂
Hakka	Meixian	拜堂
	Yudu	拜堂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拜堂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拜堂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拜堂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拜堂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拜堂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拜堂
Huizhou	Jixi	拜天地
Jin	Taiyuan	拜天地
Jin	Xinzhou	拜天地
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拜堂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拜堂
Southern Min	Xiamen	拜堂, 拜天地
	Quanzhou	拜堂
	Zhangzhou	拜堂
	Haikou	拜堂
Puxian Min	Putian	跪堂
Puxian Min	Xianyou	交拜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拜堂
Wu	Shanghai	拜堂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拜天地
	Suzhou	拜堂
	Danyang	拜堂
	Hangzhou	拜堂
	Ningbo	拜堂
	Wenzhou	拜堂
	Jinhua	拜堂, 拜天地
Xiang	Changsha	拜堂
Xiang	Loudi	拜堂