境地

Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (境地)		境	地
simp. #(境地)		境	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kin-thi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-tē / kéng-tōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng² di⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngdì
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: jìng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqdih
    • Palladius: цзинди (czindi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² dei⁶
    • Yale: gíng deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin⁴ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tē
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngde
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngdoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng² di⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng tī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ti¹¹/

Noun

境地

1. (chiefly undesirable) condition; circumstances
2. territory; region

Synonyms

• (circumstances):

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• 事態／事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 境況／境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
• 境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
• 局勢／局势 (júshì)
• 局面 (júmiàn)
• 形勢／形势 (xíngshì)
• 情勢／情势 (qíngshì)
• 情境 (qíngjìng)
• 情態／情态 (qíngtài)
• 情況／情况 (qíngkuàng)
• 情狀／情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
• 情節／情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
• 景況／景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
• 模樣／模样
• 狀況／状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

 

Related terms

• 境界 (jìngjiè)
• 意境 (yìjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	地
きょう Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーち [kyóꜜòchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːt͡ɕi]

Noun

境(きょう)地(ち) • (kyōchi) ^{←きやうち (kyauti)?}

1. realm; state

   無心(むしん)の境地(きょうち)

   mushin no kyōchi

   (Buddhism) realm of mental emptiness