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

天朝

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)
• 中共國／中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華／中华
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 契弟 (qìdì) (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)
• 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)
• 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 (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(てん)朝(ちょう) • (tenchō) 

1. (dated) the Imperial Court in Kyoto.

   Synonym: 朝廷

2. the Emperor of Japan.

   Synonyms: 天子, 天皇

3. (poetic) the lands governed by the Imperial Court of Japan; Japan.

See also

• 太政 (the imperial government of ancient Japan)