天荒地老

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	out of practice; uncultivated	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (天荒地老)		天	荒	地	老
simp. #(天荒地老)		天	荒	地	老

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhuāngdìlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fong¹ dei⁶ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānhuāngdìlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhuangdìlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-huang¹-ti⁴-lao³
    • Yale: tyān-hwāng-dì-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhuangdihlao
    • Palladius: тяньхуандилао (tjanʹxuandilao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ fong¹ dei⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: tīn fōng deih lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fong¹ dei⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fong¹ déi⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

天荒地老

1. end of time; all eternity

Synonyms

• 地老天荒 (dìlǎotiānhuāng)