天地

Chinese

day; sky; heaven
 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
simp. and trad.
(天地)

Pronunciation


Noun

天地

  1. (literally) sky and ground; heaven and earth
  2. (figuratively) world; the vast earth; universe
  3. (figuratively, literary) two opposing things; contrasting items
  4. (figuratively) scope; field; area; realm; sphere; range
  5. (figuratively, now dialectal) situation; plight; predicament

Synonyms

  • (heaven and earth): 乾坤 (qiánkūn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天地):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

天地 (hiragana てんち, rōmaji tenchi)

  1. Heaven and earth; and all things in them.

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

天地 (cheonji) (hangeul 천지)

  1. Hanja form? of 천지 (heaven and earth).
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