中千世界

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	thousand	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (中千世界)		中	千	世	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōng qiān shìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōng qiān shìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhong cian shìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹ chʻien¹ shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jūng chyān shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong chian shyhjieh
    • Palladius: чжун цянь шицзе (čžun cjanʹ šicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwng|trjuwngH tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	中	中	千	世	界
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	東 (2)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV	III	II
Fanqie	陟弓切	陟仲切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	trjuwng	trjuwngH	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/ʈɨuŋH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇiH/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/ʈiuŋH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæiH/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/ʈuwŋH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiajH/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/ȶiuŋH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/ȶĭuŋH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛiH/	/kɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/ȶi̯uŋH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	zhòng	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	zung3	cin1	sai3	gaai3

Noun

中千世界

1. (Buddhism) a second-order chiliocosm (a collection of a million worlds).

See also

• 小千世界 (xiǎo qiān shìjiè)
• 大千世界 (dàqiānshìjiè)
• 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “中千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].