普天之下，莫非王土

Chinese

		all over the world		it is none other than; is it not; can it be that it is none other than; is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that
trad. (普天之下，莫非王土)		普天之下	，	莫非	王土
simp. ^#(普天之下，莫非王土)		普天之下	，	莫非	王土

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 205 (《詩經·小雅·北山》):

溥天之下，莫非王土。
率土之濱，莫非王臣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

溥天之下，莫非王土。
率土之滨，莫非王臣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Pǔ tiān zhī xià, mòfēi wáng tǔ.
shuài tǔ zhī bīn, mòfēi wáng chén. [Pinyin]

Under the wide heaven, All is the king's land.
Within the sea-boundaries of the land, All are the king's servants.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄒㄧㄚˋ , ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶, mok⁶ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄒㄧㄚˋ , ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǔtianjhihsià, mòfeiwángtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu³-tʻien¹-chih¹-hsia⁴, mo⁴-fei¹-wang²-tʻu³
  - Yale: pǔ-tyān-jr̄-syà-, mwò-fēi-wáng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puutianjyshiah, mohfeiwangtuu
  - Palladius: путяньчжися, мофэйванту (putjanʹčžisja, mofɛjvantu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² tin¹ zi¹ haa⁶, mok⁶ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²
  - Yale: póu tīn jī hah, mohk fēi wòhng tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² tin¹ dzi¹ haa⁶, mok⁹ fei¹ wong⁴ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² tin¹ ji¹ ha⁶, mog⁶ féi¹ wong⁴ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²² mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

Proverb

普天之下，莫非王土

All land under heaven is the territory of the sovereign

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