普天之下

Chinese

		the whole sky; the whole world	below; under; beneath
simp. and trad. (普天之下)		普天	之下

Etymology

See 普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔtiānzhīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔtiānzhīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔtianjhihsià
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tʻien¹-chih¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: pǔ-tyān-jr̄-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puutianjyshiah
    • Palladius: путяньчжися (putjanʹčžisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: póu tīn jī hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou² tin¹ dzi¹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou² tin¹ ji¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²²/

Idiom

普天之下

1. all over the world

Derived terms

• 普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ)