天南地北

天南地北

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	north
simp. and trad. (天南地北)		天	南	地	北

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnándìběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānnándìběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannandihbeei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannándìběi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ti⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak¹
    • Yale: tīn nàahm deih bāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nam⁴ déi⁶ bag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ näːm²¹ tei̯²² päːk̚⁵/

Idiom

天南地北

1. very distant
2. (of conversation) free; without topic