差天差地

Chinese

		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	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
trad. (差天差地)		差	天	差	地
simp. #(差天差地)		差	天	差	地

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha-thiⁿ-chha-tē

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-thiⁿ-chha-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-thinn-tsha-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'tvizha'de
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/

Idiom

差天差地

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) 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 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