宇內

Chinese

		room; universe	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
trad. (宇內)		宇	內
simp. (宇内)		宇	内

Etymology

Earliest extant attestation is in Han Feizi:

道者，萬物之所以成也。……宇內之物，恃之以成。 [MSC, trad.]

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道者，万物之所以成也。……宇内之物，恃之以成。 [MSC, simp.]

From: Han Feizi

Dào zhě, wànwù zhī suǒyǐ chéng yě....... Yǔnèi zhī wù, shì zhī yǐ chéng. [Pinyin]

Tao is the cause of the completion of everything. [...] Thus everything in the world owes it its formation.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔnèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄋㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔnèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄋㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔnèi
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-nei⁴
    • Yale: yǔ-nèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuney
    • Palladius: юйнэй (jujnɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ neɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

宇內

1. (literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven

Synonyms

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary)
• 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
• 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)