境界

Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (境界)		境	界
2nd round simp.		㘫界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² gaai³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kin-kie
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jìng-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqjieh
    • Palladius: цзинцзе (czincze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging² gaai³
    • Yale: gíng gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kaːi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 境界 警戒

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin⁴ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/

Noun

境界

1. boundary (line marking the limits of a physical area)
2. realm; state; extent reached

   沒想到短短一個月，他的廚藝竟然已進步到這個境界！ [MSC, trad.]
   没想到短短一个月，他的厨艺竟然已进步到这个境界！ [MSC, simp.]

   Méi xiǎngdào duǎnduǎn yīge yuè, tā de chúyì jìngrán yǐ jìnbù dào zhège jìngjiè! [Pinyin]

   Who would have thought that in a short little month, his cooking would have improved to this extent!

Synonyms

• (boundary):

• 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary)
• 國土／国土 (guótǔ) (of a country)
• 國界／国界 (guójiè) (national boundary)
• 土地
• 幅員／幅员 (fúyuán)
• 提封 (tífēng) (literary)
• 版圖／版图 (bǎntú)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 疆土 (jiāngtǔ) (of a country)
• 疆域 (jiāngyù)
• 疆理 (jiānglǐ) (literary)
• 疆界 (jiāngjiè)
• 領土／领土 (lǐngtǔ)
• 領地／领地 (lǐngdì)

 

• (realm):

• 份 (fèn)
• 地步 (dìbù)
• 水平 (shuǐpíng)
• 水準／水准 (shuǐzhǔn)
• 程度 (chéngdù)
• 高度 (gāodù)

 

Related terms

• 境地 (jìngdì)
• 意境 (yìjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	界
きょう Grade: 5	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーかい [kyòókáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːka̠i]

Noun

境(きょう)界(かい) • (kyōkai) ^{←きやうかい (kyaukai)?}

1. boundary (of two lands etc.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
境	界

Noun

境界 • (gyeonggye) (hangeul 경계)

1. Hanja form^? of 경계 (“boundary”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
境	界

Noun

境界

1. chữ Hán form of cảnh giới (“realm, state, extent reached”).