天南地北

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	north
trad. (天南地北)		天	南	地	北
simp. #(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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnándìběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannándìběi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nan²-ti⁴-pei³
    • Yale: tyān-nán-dì-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannandihbeei
    • Palladius: тяньнаньдибэй (tjanʹnanʹdibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ti⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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 naːm²¹ tei̯²² paːk̚⁵/

Idiom

天南地北

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