天朝

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	dynasty
simp. and trad. (天朝)		天	朝
alternative forms		兲朝
anagram		朝天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiāncháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāncháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tiancháo
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-chʻao²
    • Yale: Tyān-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianchaur
    • Palladius: Тяньчао (Tjanʹčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: tīn chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

1. (historical) the Celestial Empire; China
2. (Internet slang, sometimes sarcastic, self-deprecatory) China, especially mainland China or the People's Republic of China

Synonyms

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• 中 (abbreviation)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá)
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
• 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
• 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
• 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
• 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
• 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
• 華／华 (abbreviation)
• 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià)
• 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)
• 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá)
• 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
• 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)

 

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