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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 天南地北

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi - (idiom) far apart
- (idiom) from different places; from all over
- (idiom) (to talk) about this and that

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 85,391 46,946 30,945

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
nán- surname Nan
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- Taiwan pr. [na2]
nán- south
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated

Other Words Containing 天南地北

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
天南地北 - - 85,391 46,946 30,945