天朝

天朝

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiāncháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Tiāncháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianchaur
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: tīn chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ qiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

天朝

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