See also: 天长地久

Chinese edit

day; sky; heaven
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (天長地久)
simp. (天长地久)
alternative forms 靝⿰萬丈埊⿰多年靔⿰万丈埊⿰多年

Etymology edit

From Tao Te Ching:

天長地久天地所以自生長生 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天长地久天地所以自生长生 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
Tiānchángdìjiǔ. Tiāndì suǒyǐ néng cháng qiě jiǔ zhě, yǐ qí bù zìshēng, gù néng chángshēng. [Pinyin]
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able to continue and endure.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (11) (7) (28)
Final () (85) (105) (15) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () IV III III III
Fanqie
Baxter then drjang dijH kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰen/ /ɖɨɐŋ/ /diɪH/ /kɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰen/ /ɖiɐŋ/ /diH/ /kiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛn/ /ȡiɑŋ/ /djɪH/ /kiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛn/ /ɖɨaŋ/ /diH/ /kuwX/
Li
Rong
/tʰen/ /ȡiaŋ/ /diH/ /kiuX/
Wang
Li
/tʰien/ /ȡĭaŋ/ /diH/ /kĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰien/ /ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /dʱiH/ /ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiān cháng jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin1 coeng4 dei6 gau2

Idiom edit

天長地久

  1. enduring as the universe; everlasting and unchanging

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (天長地久):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
きゅう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun edit

(てん)(ちょう)()(きゅう) (tenchō chikyū

  1. continuing unchanged as long as there has been heaven and earth