天差地別

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (天差地別)		天	差	地	別
simp. (天差地别)		天	差	地	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchādìbié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ caa¹ dei⁶ bit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchādìbié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchadìbié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻa¹-ti⁴-pieh²
    • Yale: tyān-chā-dì-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchadihbye
    • Palladius: тяньчадибе (tjanʹčadibe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ caa¹ dei⁶ bit⁶
    • Yale: tīn chā deih biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsaa¹ dei⁶ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ca¹ déi⁶ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ tei̯²² piːt̚²/

Idiom

天差地別

1. to be completely different; to be poles apart

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 天差地遠 (“to be completely different; to be poles apart”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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