tiān​cháo

Celestial Empire

天朝 tiān​cháo
Celestial Empire
(historical) A respectful name for the imperial court; a title used by China's dynasties when dealing with foreign countries.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
(historical) The name used by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) to refer to itself.
the Celestial Kingdom
(slang, ironic) mainland China; contemporary China as referred to by internet users

Frequency

Written text
8.66 per million

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)