天淵

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	abyss
trad. (天淵)		天	淵
simp. (天渊)		天	渊
Literally: “high heaven and deep sea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyuan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-yüan¹
    • Yale: tyān-ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianiuan
    • Palladius: тяньюань (tjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ jyun¹
    • Yale: tīn yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

天淵

1. (literary) poles apart; distance between two poles

Derived terms

• 不啻天淵／不啻天渊
• 判若天淵／判若天渊
• 天淵之別／天渊之别 (tiānyuānzhībié)