天差淵
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 |
abyss | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天差淵) | 天 | 差 | 淵 | |
| simp. (天差渊) | 天 | 差 | 渊 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-chha-ian
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-chha-ian
- Tâi-lô: thian-tsha-ian
- Phofsit Daibuun: tienzha'iefn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Adjective
天差淵
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) as far apart as heaven from earth; poles or worlds apart; very different
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 |