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Definition 2024

天涯

天涯

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	border; horizon; shore
simp. and trad. (天涯)		天	涯

Noun

天涯

far corners of the world; distant land

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	涯
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Noun

天涯 ‎(hiragana てんがい, romaji tengai)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiānyá

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ngaai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-ngài
Min Nan (POJ): thian-gâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianya
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ ngaai⁴
  - Yale: tīn ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ngaai⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɑːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-ngài
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ ngaiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ ngai²
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴ ŋa̯i¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-gâi
  - Tâi-lô: thian-gâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tien'gaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ gaɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² gaɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ gaɪ²³/