天壤之別
See also: 天壤之别
Chinese
| 's; him/her/it; this | other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天壤之別) | 天壤 | 之 | 別 | |
| simp. (天壤之别) | 天壤 | 之 | 别 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): tiānrǎngzhībié
- (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 joeng6 zi1 bit6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānrǎngzhībié
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianrǎngjhihbié
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-jang3-chih1-pieh2
- Yale: tyān-rǎng-jr̄-byé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianraangjybye
- Palladius: тяньжанчжибе (tjanʹžančžibe)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 joeng6 zi1 bit6
- Yale: tīn yeuhng jī biht
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 joeng6 dzi1 bit9
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 yêng6 ji1 bid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ piːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
天壤之別
- to be poles apart; to be like night and day; to be a world of difference between them
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 天差地遠 (“to be completely different; to be poles apart”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天差地遠, 天差地別, 天懸地隔, 天遠地隔, 天壤之別, 霄壤之別, 天淵之別, 天壤之隔, 天壤之判, 霄壤之殊 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 天差地別 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 天遠地隔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爭天共地 |
| Hong Kong | 爭天共地, 差天共地, 天淵之別 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天差地 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 差天差地, 天差淵 |
| Quanzhou | 差天共地 | |
| Zhangzhou | 差天差地, 天差淵 | |
| Tainan | 差天差地 | |
| Haifeng | 縒天對地 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 天差地遠 |