天界

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (天界)		天	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-kie
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjiè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chieh⁴
    • Yale: tyān-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjieh
    • Palladius: тяньцзе (tjanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ gaai³
    • Yale: tīn gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-kài
    • Tâi-lô: thian-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kai²¹/

Noun

天界

1. heaven (the abode of God or the gods)

Further reading

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