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) (literary)
唐山 (Tángshān)
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)
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)

Coordinate terms

天命 (tiānmìng) (Mandate of Heaven, authority from Heaven which legitimizes the emperors)
天下 (tiānxià) (Tianxia, historical belief of China as the centre of civilisation)
天子 (tiānzǐ) (Son of Heaven, the emperor chosen by Heaven to lead China)

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)

(dated, historical) the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
Synonym: 朝廷
the Emperor of Japan.
Synonyms: 天子, 天皇
(poetic) the lands governed by the Imperial Court of Japan; Japan.

See also

太政 (the imperial government of ancient Japan)