普天之下，莫非王土

普天之下，莫非王土

Chinese

		all over the world		it is none other than; is it not; can it be that it is none other than; is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that
trad. (普天之下，莫非王土)		普天之下	，	莫非	王土
simp. #(普天之下，莫非王土)		普天之下	，	莫非	王土

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry:

溥天之下，莫非王土。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Pǔtiān zhī xià, mòfēi wángtǔ. [Pinyin]

Under the wide heaven,
All is the king's land.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶, mok⁶ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔtianjhihsià, mòfeiwángtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tʻien¹-chih¹-hsia⁴- mo⁴-fei¹-wang²-tʻu³
    • Yale: pǔ-tyān-jr̄-syà-, mwò-fēi-wáng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puutianjyshiah, mohfeiwangtuu
    • Palladius: путяньчжися, мофэйванту (putjanʹčžisja, mofɛjvantu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕjä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mwɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶, mok⁶ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²
    • Yale: póu tīn jī hah, mohk fēi wòhng tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou² tin¹ dzi¹ haa⁶, mok⁹ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou² tin¹ ji¹ ha⁶, mog⁶ féi¹ wong⁴ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²² mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

Proverb

普天之下，莫非王土

1. All land under heaven is the territory of the sovereign