天涯海角

Chinese

		far corners of the world; distant lands	cape; promontory
trad. (天涯海角)		天涯	海角
simp. ^#(天涯海角)		天涯	海角
alternative forms		海角天涯

Etymology

From 天涯地角 (tiānyá dìjiǎo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānyá hǎijiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ngaai⁴ hoi² gok³
Min Nan (POJ): thian-gâi-hái-kak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyá hǎijiǎo [Phonetic: tiānyáháijiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianyá hǎijiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ya² hai³-chiao³
  - Yale: tyān-yá hǎi-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianya haejeau
  - Palladius: тянья хайцзяо (tjanʹja xajczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ ngaai⁴ hoi² gok³
  - Yale: tīn ngàaih hói gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ngaai⁴ hoi² gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ngai⁴ hoi² gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-gâi-hái-kak
  - Tâi-lô: thian-gâi-hái-kak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tien'gai'hay'kag
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ɡai²⁴⁻²² hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡai¹³⁻²² hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²⁴⁻¹¹ hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡai²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kak̚³²/

Idiom

天涯海角

far ends of heaven; ends of the world; remote place
separated worlds apart

Proper noun

天涯海角

Tianya Haijiao, a beach near Sanya in Hainan

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