Chinese

Noun

天地

1. heaven and earth; the world; the universe

   天下莫大於秋豪之末，而大山為小；莫壽於殤子，而彭祖為夭。天地與我並存，而萬物與我為一。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   天下莫大于秋豪之末，而大山为小；莫寿于殇子，而彭祖为夭。天地与我并存，而万物与我为一。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: c. 369 BCE – 286 BCE, 莊子 (Zhuangzi), 齊物論 (The Identity of Contraries)

   Tiānxià mò dàyú qiūháo zhī mò, ér dàshān wéi xiǎo; mò shòuyú shāngzǐ, ér Péngzǔ wéi yāo. Tiāndì yǔ wǒ bìngcún, ér wànwù yǔ wǒ wèi yī. [Pinyin]

   There is nothing under the canopy of heaven greater than the tip of an autumn spikelet. A vast mountain is a small thing. Neither is there any age greater than that of a child cut off in infancy. P'êng Tsu himself died young. The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.

Descendants

See also

• Tianxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) て​んち [téꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nt͡ɕi]

Noun

天地 ‎(hiragana てんち, romaji tenchi)

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

Synonyms

• 宇宙 (うちゅう) ‎(uchū): the universe
• 自然 (しぜん) ‎(shizen): nature
• 世界 (せかい) ‎(sekai): the world
• 万象 (ばんしょう) ‎(banshō): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature
• 万物 (ばんぶつ) ‎(banbutsu): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature

See also

• 天地 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• 天変地異 (てんぺんちい) ‎(tenpenchii): turmoil throughout heaven and earth

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 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

天地 • ‎(cheonji) ‎(hangeul 천지)

1. Hanja form^? of 천지, “heaven and earth”.