天地

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (天地)		天	地
simp. #(天地)		天	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-thi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ-tōe / thiⁿ-tē / thian-tē / thian-tōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ di⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiandì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: tyān-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandih
    • Palladius: тяньди (tjanʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ dei⁶
    • Yale: tīn deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'doe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰĩ³³ tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ-tē
    • Tâi-lô: thinn-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvi'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tē
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiende
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ di⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ tī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ ti¹¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天地

1. (literally) sky and ground; heaven and earth
2. (figurative) world; the vast earth; universe

   • 天地與我並存，而萬物與我為一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天地与我并存，而万物与我为一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Tiāndì yǔ wǒ bìngcún, ér wànwù yǔ wǒ wèi yī. [Pinyin]

     The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.

3. (figurative, literary) two opposing things; contrasting items
4. (figurative) scope; field; area; realm; sphere; range
5. (figurative, now dialectal) situation; plight; predicament

Synonyms

• (heaven and earth): 乾坤 (qiánkūn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天地):

• → Japanese: 天地(てんち) (tenchi)
• → Korean: 천지(天地) (cheonji)
• → Vietnamese: thiên địa (天地)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	地
てん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)地(ち) • (tenchi) 

1. Heaven and earth; and all things in them.

Synonyms

• 宇宙(うちゅう) (uchū): the universe
• 自然(しぜん) (shizen): nature
• 世界(せかい) (sekai): the world
• 万象(ばんしょう) (banshō): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature
• 万物(ばんぶつ) (banbutsu): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature

See also

• 天地 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• 天変地異(てんぺんちい) (tenpenchii): turmoil throughout heaven and earth

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Korean

Hanja in this term
天	地

Noun

天地 • (cheonji) (hangeul 천지)

1. Hanja form^? of 천지 (“heaven and earth”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	地

Noun

天地

1. chữ Hán form of thiên địa (“heaven and earth”).