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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

天子

tiānzǐ

the (rightful) emperor

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

the (rightful) emperor

02

"Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 天子 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 天子 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

天子建国, 诸侯立家。tiān zi jiàn guó, zhū hóu lì jiā。

No published English translation for this sentence.

朝为田舍郎,暮登天子堂。cháo wèi tián shè láng, mù dēng tiān zi táng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

天子之县内,方百里之国九。tiān zi zhī xiàn nèi, fāng bǎi lǐ zhī guó jiǔ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 天子.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 天子.

Directly before

  • 妄奏天子1
  • 废天子1
  • 听天子1
  • 暮登天子1

Directly after

  • 天子建国1
  • 天子之1
  • 天子的1
  • 天子堂1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 天子

What does 天子 mean in Chinese?

天子 (tiānzǐ) means the (rightful) emperor.

How do you pronounce 天子?

天子 is pronounced tiānzǐ.

Is 天子 an HSK word?

天子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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