"任天堂" meaning in All languages combined

See 任天堂 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chinese]

IPA: /ʐən⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐm²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʐən⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/, /jɐm²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: Rèntiāntáng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jam⁶ tin¹ tong⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Rèntiāntáng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Rèntiantáng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Jên⁴-tʻien¹-tʻang² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Rèn-tyān-táng [Mandarin, Yale], Renntiantarng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Жэньтяньтан [Mandarin, Palladius], Žɛnʹtjanʹtan [Mandarin, Palladius], yahm tīn tòhng [Cantonese, Yale], jam⁶ tin¹ tong⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yem⁶ tin¹ tong⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|任天堂|tr=Nintendō}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō) Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 任天堂
  1. Nintendo (Japanese video game company) Categories (topical): Nintendo, Video games Related terms: 任地獄 (Rèndìyù), 任地狱 (Rèndìyù)
    Sense id: en-任天堂-zh-name-fQkLAhj~ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Japanese]

Forms: 任天堂 [canonical] (ruby: (にん), (てん), (どう)), Nintendō [romanization], Nintendau [romanization], にんてんだう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: According to Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company name derived from the phrase 運を天に任せる (un o ten ni makaseru, literally “leave luck to heaven”). Other sources suggest the word 天 (ten, literally “heaven”) is the first character of 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore which is sometimes connected to gambling and may therefore be a reference to the company’s initial product of hanafuda cards, thus yielding an interpretation of the company name as a “temple of trusted cards”. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にんてんどう|head=任天堂|hhira=^にんてんだう}} 任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) • (Nintendō) ^(←にんてんだう (Nintendau)?)
  1. Nintendo (video game company) Wikipedia link: Hiroshi Yamauchi Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: ファミコン (Famikon)

Alternative forms

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