天壤之別

See also: 天壤之别

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	soil; earth	's; him/her/it; this	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (天壤之別)		天	壤	之	別
simp. (天壤之别)		天	壤	之	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānrǎngzhībié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ joeng⁶ zi¹ bit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānrǎngzhībié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianrǎngjhihbié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-jang³-chih¹-pieh²
    • Yale: tyān-rǎng-jr̄-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianraangjybye
    • Palladius: тяньжанчжибе (tjanʹžančžibe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ joeng⁶ zi¹ bit⁶
    • Yale: tīn yeuhng jī biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ joeng⁶ dzi¹ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yêng⁶ ji¹ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ piːt̚²/

Idiom

天壤之別

1. 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