政界

Chinese

		political; politics; government	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (政界)		政	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ gaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngjiè
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jèng-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqjieh
    • Palladius: чжэнцзе (čžɛncze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ gaai³
    • Yale: jing gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹/

Noun

政界

1. political field; political circles; politics

   進入政界／进入政界  ―  jìnrù zhèngjiè  ―  to enter politics

Synonyms

• 官界 (guānjiè)
• 政壇／政坛 (zhèngtán)
• 政治界 (zhèngzhìjiè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (政界):

• → Japanese: 政界(せいかい) (seikai)
• → Korean: 정계(政界) (jeonggye)
• → Vietnamese: chính giới (政界)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
政	界
せい Grade: 5	かい Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーかい [sèékáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠i]

Noun

政(せい)界(かい) • (seikai) ^{←せいかい (seikai)?}

1. world of politics