天差地
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天差地) | 天 | 差 | 地 | |
| simp. #(天差地) | 天 | 差 | 地 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ting1 ca1 de5
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ting1 ca1 de5 [Phonetic: ting1 ca2 de5]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ting-cha-dā̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰa⁵³³⁻¹³ te¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ting1 ca1 de5 [Phonetic: ting1 ca2 de5]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰa⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ te²¹/
- (Putian)
Adjective
天差地
- (Puxian Min) to be completely different; to be poles apart
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 天差地遠 (“to be completely different; to be poles apart”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天差地遠, 天差地別, 天懸地隔, 天遠地隔, 天壤之別, 霄壤之別, 天淵之別, 天壤之隔, 天壤之判, 霄壤之殊 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 天差地別 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 天遠地隔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爭天共地 |
| Hong Kong | 爭天共地, 差天共地, 天淵之別 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天差地 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 差天差地, 天差淵 |
| Quanzhou | 差天共地 | |
| Zhangzhou | 差天差地, 天差淵 | |
| Tainan | 差天差地 | |
| Haifeng | 縒天對地 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 天差地 |
| Xianyou | 天差地, 天單差地 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 天差地遠 |
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “天差地”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 541.