地界

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (地界)		地	界
simp. #(地界)		地	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ gaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-kie / thi-kiai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-kài / tōe-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: dì-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjieh
    • Palladius: дицзе (dicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ gaai³
    • Yale: deih gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² kaːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-kiai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti giai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ giai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tē-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexkaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ kai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexkaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/

Noun

地界

1. boundary; land demarcation
2. area; region

Synonyms

• (boundary):

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

 

• (area):

• 一帶／一带 (yīdài) (an area and its surrounding regions)
• 區／区
• 區位／区位 (qūwèi)
• 區域／区域 (qūyù)
• 地區／地区 (dìqū)
• 地域 (dìyù)
• 地帶／地带 (dìdài)
• 地步 (dìbù) (literary)
• 地段 (dìduàn)
• 地面 (dìmiàn) (colloquial)
• 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)