天淵之別

Chinese

		high heaven and deep sea; poles apart; distance between two poles	'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. (天淵之別)		天淵	之	別
simp. (天渊之别)		天渊	之	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyuānzhībié

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jyun¹ zi¹ bit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyuānzhībié
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyuanjhihbié
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yüan¹-chih¹-pieh²
    • Yale: tyān-ywān-jr̄-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianiuanjybye
    • Palladius: тяньюаньчжибе (tjanʹjuanʹčžibe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jyun¹ zi¹ bit⁶
    • Yale: tīn yūn jī biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jyn¹ dzi¹ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yun¹ ji¹ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ piːt̚²/

Idiom

天淵之別

1. as far apart as heaven from earth; poles apart; worlds apart

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
Mandarin	Taiwan	天差地別
	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