天涯

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Chinese

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


Note:
  • tiêng1 ngai5 - Chaozhou;
  • tiang1 ngai5 - Shantou, Jieyang.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (6) (31) (31)
    Final () (85) (13) (31)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open Open
    Division () IV III II
    Fanqie
    Baxter then ngje ngea
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /tʰen/ /ŋˠiᴇ/ /ŋˠɛ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /tʰen/ /ŋᵚiɛ/ /ŋᵚæ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /tʰɛn/ /ŋiɛ/ /ŋæi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /tʰɛn/ /ŋjiə̆/ /ŋaɨj/
    Li
    Rong
    /tʰen/ /ŋje/ /ŋɛ/
    Wang
    Li
    /tʰien/ /ŋǐe/ /ŋai/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /tʰien/ /ŋie̯/ /ŋai/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    tiān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    tin1 ji4 ngaai4

    Noun

    天涯

    1. (literary) far corners of the world; distant lands

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (天涯):
    • Japanese: 天涯(てんがい) (tengai)
    • Korean: 천애(天涯) (cheonae)

    See also

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    てん
    Grade: 1
    がい
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

    Noun

    (てん)(がい) (tengai

    1. horizon
    2. a distant land
    3. heavenly shores