天地

天地

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
simp. and trad. (天地)		天	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thi
• Min Nan (POJ): thiⁿ-tōe / thiⁿ-tē / thian-tē / thian-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiāndì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandih
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ dei⁶
    • Yale: tīn deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ déi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ ti⁴
    • IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'doe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tē
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tē
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiende
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³/

Noun

天地

1. (literally) sky and ground; heaven and earth
2. (figuratively) world; the vast earth; universe

   • 天地與我並存，而萬物與我為一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天地与我并存，而万物与我为一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Tiāndì yǔ wǒ bìngcún, ér wànwù yǔ wǒ wèi yī. [Pinyin]

     The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.

3. (figuratively, literary) two opposing things; contrasting items
4. (figuratively) scope; field; area; realm; sphere; range
5. (figuratively, now dialectal) situation; plight; predicament

Synonyms

• (heaven and earth): 乾坤 (qiánkūn)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 天地

不共天地 別有天地／别有天地 功均天地 同志天地 壺中天地／壶中天地 天地一沙鷗／天地一沙鸥 天地一色 天地不容 天地世間／天地世间 天地之別／天地之别 天地交泰 天地可表 天地君親師／天地君亲师 (tiān dì jūn qīn shī) 天地會／天地会 天地玄黃／天地玄黄

天地精華／天地精华 天地良心 天地萬物／天地万物 天地蓋載／天地盖载 天地造化 天地間／天地间 (tiāndì jiān) 天地頭／天地头 天地鬼神 小天地 感動天地／感动天地 拜天地 (bàitiāndì) 新天地 闖天地／闯天地 驚天地，泣鬼神／惊天地，泣鬼神

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天地):

• → Japanese: 天 (てん)地 (ち) (tenchi)
• → Korean: 천지 (天地, cheonji)
• → Vietnamese: thiên địa (天地)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	地
てん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) て​んち [téꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

天地 (hiragana てんち, rōmaji tenchi)

1. Heaven and earth; and all things in them.

Synonyms

• 宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう) (uchū): the universe
• 自 (し)然 (ぜん) (shizen): nature
• 世界 (せかい) (sekai): the world
• 万 (ばん)象 (しょう) (banshō): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature
• 万物 (ばんぶつ) (banbutsu): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature

See also

• 天地 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• 天 (てん)変 (ぺん)地 (ち)異 (い) (tenpenchii): turmoil throughout heaven and earth

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	地

Noun

天地 • (cheonji) (hangeul 천지)

1. Hanja form^? of 천지 (“heaven and earth”).