天南地北

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	north
simp. and trad. (天南地北)		天	南	地	北

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānnándìběi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānnándìběi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannandihbeei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiannándìběi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ti⁵¹ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak¹
  - Yale: tīn nàahm deih bāak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ naam⁴ dei⁶ baak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ nam⁴ déi⁶ bag¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ näːm²¹ tei̯²² päːk̚⁵/

Idiom

天南地北

very distant
(of conversation) free; without topic

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