天長地久

See also: 天长地久

Chinese

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long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop

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earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly

!(long) time; (long) duration of time |- !trad. (天長地久) | 天 | 長 | 地 | 久 |- !simp. (天长地久) | 天 | 长 | 地 | 久 |}

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānchángdìjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
Min Nan (POJ): thian-tiông-tē-kiú / thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānchángdìjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchangrdihjeou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ coeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
  - Yale: tīn chèuhng deih gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ tsoeng⁴ dei⁶ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ cêng⁴ déi⁶ geo²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹ tei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tiông-tē-kiú
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tiông-tē-kiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiendiongdexkiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ kiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tn̂g-tē-kiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiend'ngdexkiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/

Idiom

天長地久

enduring as the universe; everlasting and unchanging
- 天長地久有時盡，此恨綿綿無絕期。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天长地久有时尽，此恨绵绵无绝期。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")
  Tiānchángdìjiǔ yǒu shí jìn, cǐ hèn miánmián wú jué qī. [Pinyin]
  As long as the universe lasts, and until time stops for good, the regret of our parting will continue without end.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	長	地	久
てん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

天長地久 (hiragana てんちょうちきゅう, rōmaji tenchō chikyū)

continuing unchanged as long as there has been heaven and earth

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