天朝
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | dynasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天朝) |
天 | 朝 | |
| alternative forms | 兲朝 | ||
| anagram | 朝天 | ||
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
天朝
- (historical) the Celestial Empire; China
- (Internet slang, sometimes sarcastic, self-deprecatory) China, especially mainland China or the People's Republic of China
Synonyms
- 中 (abbreviation)
- 中共 (Zhōnggòng) (Taiwan, derogatory)
- 中共國 / 中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
- 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
- 中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
- 中華 / 中华 (Zhōnghuá)
- 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
- 唐山 (Tángshān)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
- 大朝 (archaic)
- 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
- 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
- 契弟 (qìdì) (Hong Kong, Internet slang, derogatory)
- 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
- 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
- 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
- 牆國 / 墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
- 祖國 / 祖国 (zǔguó)
- 神土 (historical)
- 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
- 終國 / 终国 (derogatory)
- 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
- 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
- 華 / 华 (abbreviation)
- 華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
- 虫國 (chóngguó) (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
- 蚛蟈 / 蚛蝈 (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
- 諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
- 諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
- 貴支 / 贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
- 贏國 / 赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
- 赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)
Coordinate terms
- 天命 (tiānmìng) (Mandate of Heaven, authority from Heaven which legitimizes the emperors)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 朝 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
天朝 • (tenchō)
- (dated, historical) the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
- Synonym: 朝廷
- the Emperor of Japan.
- (poetic) the lands governed by the Imperial Court of Japan; Japan.
See also
- 太政 (the imperial government of ancient Japan)