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天涯

tiān yá

2-character word

What 天涯 means

1. the other end of the world
2. a faraway place

Other readings

天涯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tiān yásee {天涯区|Tiān yá Qū}

The characters in 天涯

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore

Example sentences

• 海上升明月，天涯共此时。
  Hǎishàng shēng míngyuè, tiānyá gòng cǐshí.
  As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time though we are far apart.

Words starting with 天涯

• 天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
• 天涯区Tiān yá QūTianya, a district of Sanya City 三亚市
• 天涯若比邻tiān yá ruò bǐ línfar-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
• 天涯何处无芳草tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎothere are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
• 天涯比邻tiān yá bǐ línsee 天涯若比邻

Words containing 天涯

• 浪迹天涯làng jì tiān yáto roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world
• 地角天涯dì jiǎo tiān yáThe ends of the earth
• 咫尺天涯zhǐ chǐ tiān yáso close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
• 海内存知己，天涯若比邻hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ línclose friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door…
• 海角天涯hǎi jiǎo tiān yásee 天涯海角