天長地久

See also: 天长地久

Chinese

		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)		天	長	地	久
simp. (天长地久)		天	长	地	久
anagram		地久天長／地久天长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānchángdìjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-tiông-tē-kiú / thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānchángdìjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianchángdìjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chʻang²-ti⁴-chiu³
    • Yale: tyān-cháng-dì-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiancharngdihjeou
    • Palladius: тяньчандицзю (tjanʹčandiczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
    • Yale: tīn chèuhng deih gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng⁴ déi⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tiông-tē-kiú
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tiông-tē-kiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiendiongdexkiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiend'ngdexkiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 天長地久

1. enduring as the universe; everlasting and unchanging

   • 天長地久有時盡，此恨綿綿無絕期。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天长地久有时尽，此恨绵绵无绝期。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")

     Tiānchángdìjiǔ yǒu shí jìn, cǐ hèn miánmián wú jué qī. [Pinyin]

     As long as the universe lasts, and until time stops for good, the regret of our parting will continue without end.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	長	地	久
てん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

天(てん)長(ちょう)地(ち)久(きゅう) • (tenchō chikyū) 

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