Chinese

Noun

天下

1. the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
   • 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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天下莫大于秋豪之末，而大山为小；莫寿于殇子，而彭祖为夭。天地与我并存，而万物与我为一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
     From: c. 369 BCE – 286 BCE, 莊子 (Zhuangzi), 齊物論 (The Identity of Contraries)

     Tiānxià mò dàyú qiūháo zhī mò, ér dàshān wéi xiǎo; mò shòuyú shāngzǐ, ér Péngzǔ wéi yāo. Tiāndì yǔ wǒ bìngcún, ér wànwù yǔ wǒ wèi yī. [Pinyin]

     There is nothing under the canopy of heaven greater than the tip of an autumn spikelet. A vast mountain is a small thing. Neither is there any age greater than that of a child cut off in infancy. P'êng Tsu himself died young. The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.

2. (lofty) China

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) て​んか [téꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

天下 ‎(hiragana てんか, romaji tenka) (commonly read)
天下 ‎(hiragana てんげ, romaji tenge) (rarely read)

1. world, earth

Related terms

• 天上

See also

• 地上

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

天下 • ‎(cheonha) ‎(hangeul 천하)

1. Hanja form^? of 천하, “world, earth”.

Vietnamese

Noun

天下

1. Hán tự form of thiên hạ, “world”