Chinese symbol for “ceiling”
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
ceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ceiling is 天花板 (tiān huā bǎn), defined as: ceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ceiling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 顶棚 (頂棚) | dǐng péng | ceiling; awning (under ceiling) |
| 升限 | shēng xiàn | (aviation) ceiling |
| 天棚 | tiān péng | ceiling; awning |
| 天花 | tiān huā | smallpox; ceiling |
| 绮井 (綺井) | qǐ jǐng | ceiling (architecture) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 天花板.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven; the whole world |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ceiling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.