界限

Chinese

		boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (界限)		界	限
anagram		限界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ haan⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie-han / kiai-han
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kài-hān / kài-hǎn / kài-ān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gai³ hang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: jyè-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehshiann
    • Palladius: цзесянь (czesjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ haan⁶
    • Yale: gaai haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ han⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ haːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-han
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie han
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ han⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai-han
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai han
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai⁴ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵ han⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-hān
    • Tâi-lô: kài-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kae'han
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ han²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ han³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ han³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-hǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kài-hǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-ān
    • Tâi-lô: kài-ān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kae'an
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ an²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai³ hang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài hăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ haŋ³⁵/

Noun

界限

1. (literally) boundary; limit; divide; scope
2. (figuratively) limit; limitation

Synonyms

• (boundary):

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• 分野 (fēnyě)
• 地界 (dìjiè)
• 界線 / 界线 (jièxiàn)
• 畛域 (zhěnyù) (literary)
• 痕敦 (Hokkien)

 

• (limit):

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• 底線 / 底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
• 節限 / 节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 限度 (xiàndù)
• 雷池 (léichí) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 界限街 (Jièxiàn Jiē)