天下無雙

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	to be matchless; to be peerless; to be unparalleled to be matchless; to be peerless; to be unparalleled; to be unrivalled
trad. (天下無雙)		天下	無雙
simp. (天下无双)		天下	无双
Literally: “without another one in the entire world”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxiàwúshuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiàwúshuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansiàwúshuang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴-wu²-shuang¹
    • Yale: tyān-syà-wú-shwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiahwushuang
    • Palladius: тяньсяушуан (tjanʹsjaušuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: tīn hah mòuh sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ha⁶ mou⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² mou̯²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

天下無雙

1. unique; unparalleled; singular

Synonyms

• 舉世無雙／举世无双 (jǔshìwúshuāng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天下無雙):

• → Japanese: 天(てん)下(か)無(む)双(そう) (tenkamusō)
• → Korean: 천하무쌍(天下無雙) (cheonhamussang)