天羅地網

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	net; network
trad. (天羅地網)		天	羅	地	網
simp. (天罗地网)		天	罗	地	网
Literally: “nets above and snares below”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānluódìwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-lô-tōe-bāng / thian-lô-tē-bāng / thian-lô-tē-bóng / thian-lô-tōe-bóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ lo⁵ di⁷ mang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānluódìwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianluódìwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-lo²-ti⁴-wang³
    • Yale: tyān-lwó-dì-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianluodihwoang
    • Palladius: тяньлодиван (tjanʹlodivan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ti⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
    • Yale: tīn lòh deih móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ lo⁴ déi⁶ mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ tei̯²² mɔːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-lô-tōe-bāng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-lô-tuē-bāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienloi'doexbang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² tue²²⁻²¹ baŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-lô-tē-bāng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-lô-tē-bāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienloi'dexbang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ baŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-lô-tē-bóng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-lô-tē-bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienloi'dexborng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-lô-tōe-bóng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-lô-tuē-bóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienloi'doexborng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ lo⁵ di⁷ mang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang lô tī măng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵ ti¹¹ maŋ³⁵/

Idiom

天羅地網

1. (figuratively) far-flung network; inescapable net; tight encirclement with no escape (Classifier: 張／张 m)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天羅地網):

• → Japanese: 天(てん)羅(ら)地(ち)網(もう) (tenrachimō)
• → Korean: 천라지망(天羅地網) (cheollajimang)
• → Vietnamese: thiên la địa võng (天羅地網)