天變地異

See also: 天变地异

Chinese

		to change
trad. (天變地異)		天變	地異
simp. (天变地异)		天变	地异

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “obor from Japanese?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānbiàndìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānbiàndìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianbiàndìyì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-pien⁴-ti⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: tyān-byàn-dì-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianbianndihyih
  - Palladius: тяньбяньдии (tjanʹbjanʹdii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

Noun

天變地異

an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
- 1976 August 7, “一些学者说东京大阪一带可能发生强烈地震”, in Reference News‎^[1], page 4:
  
  自古流传，竹子开花是天变地异之兆，而现在，竹花却在日本列岛上到处怒放了。 [MSC, simp.]
  自古流傳，竹子開花是天變地異之兆，而現在，竹花卻在日本列島上到處怒放了。 [MSC, trad.]
  Zìgǔ liúchuán, zhúzi kāihuā shì tiānbiàndìyì zhī zhào, ér xiànzài, zhúhuā què zài Rìběn lièdǎo shàng dàochù nùfàng le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	變	地	異
てん Grade: 1	へん > ぺん Hyōgai	ち Grade: 2	い Grade: 6
on'yomi		kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 天變地異 – see the following entry.

【天変地異てんぺんちい】

[noun] (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity

(This term, 天變地異, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)