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)
simp. #(天差地)

Pronunciation


  • 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/

Adjective

天差地

  1. (Puxian Min) to be completely different; to be poles apart

Synonyms

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.