天下

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天下

tiānxià Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
тянщя (ti͡anxi͡a, I-III) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
tin¹ haa⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
thiên-ha Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
tien^ˋ ha^˖ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
tiĕng-hâ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
ting¹ hor⁵ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
thian-hā Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thian-hǎ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thian-hēe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thiⁿ-ē Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thiⁿ-ě Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thiⁿ-ēe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
thiⁿ-hā Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
tin¹ ê⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
¹thi-gho Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
tiansià Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
tʻien¹-hsia⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
tyān-syà Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
tianshiah Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
тянься Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
/tʰiæ̃²⁴ ɕia⁴⁴/ Mandarin, Dongan, IPA
tin¹ haa⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
tīn hah Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

最早的考證見於《尚書》和《诗经，寫作「天之下」在演變為「天下」。

Pines (2002)認為「天之下」可能「原本是指天子（又稱周王）直接統治的區域，其範圍可能隨著王權的收縮而縮小」。有關此詞在春秋戰國時期至秦統一戰爭之後的語意演變，請參閱此處。

noun

figuratively, literary 世界；天空之下天下莫大於秋豪之末，而大山為小；莫壽於殤子，而彭祖為夭。天地與我並存，而萬物與我為一。
literary 中國；古代中國境內區域統一天下
archaic 社會，國家局勢天下大亂
figuratively, literary 政權；統治權力

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Middle Kingdom nickname for China

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {天下},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}