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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 南 | nán | - surname Nan |
| 南 | nā | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] - Taiwan pr. [na2] |
| 南 | nán | - south |
| 地 | de | - -ly - structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 | dì | - earth - ground - field - place - land - CL:片[pian4] |
| 北 | 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 |