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): ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ soeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiàwúshuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ 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

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)

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