淨界

Chinese

		to purify; to cleanse	realm; abode
trad. (淨界)		淨	界
simp. (净界)		净	界

Etymology

Calque of French purgatoire or Italian purgatorio, first used by Wang Weike (王維克) in his translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy based on French and Italian texts [1948].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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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/

Noun

淨界

1. (religion, mythology, chiefly literary or poetic) purgatory

See also

• 煉獄／炼狱 (liànyù, “purgatory”)