天下 tiān xià — land under heaven

Meanings

1. 1

   land under heaven

   land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule

   noun

Character breakdown

• 天

  tiān (first tone, high and level)

  sky, heaven; day; weather (天气)

  4 strokes⿱一大Radical 大
• 下

  xià (fourth tone, falling)

  below, under, lower; to go down, to get off; to fall (of rain or snow); next (下个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

Words containing 天

• 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
• 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
• 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
• 昨天zuótiān (second tone, rising)yesterday
• 天气/天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
• 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
• 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
• 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
• 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
• 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
• 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
• 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
• 当天/當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
• 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
• 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
• 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
• 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature

Words containing 下

• 下xià (fourth tone, falling)under, below, beneath
• 一下yíxià (second tone, rising)a bit, for a moment (softening a request)
• 下来/下來xià (fourth tone, falling) lai (neutral tone)to come down
• 下去xià (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go down
• 下午xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling)afternoon
• 停下tíng (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to stop
• 留下liú (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to leave behind
• 下面xià (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)below
• 剩下shèng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to remain; to be left over
• 以下yǐ (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling)that level or lower
• 放下fàng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to lay down
• 下次xià (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling)next time
• 下降xià (fourth tone, falling) jiàng (fourth tone, falling)to decline
• 下雨xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)to rain
• 之下zhī (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)under
• 地下dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)underground
• 接下来/接下來jiē (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to accept
• 下班xià (fourth tone, falling) bān (first tone, high and level)to finish work