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): ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ciu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiāncháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄠˊ
  - 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

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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