下界

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (下界)		下	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: syà-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjieh
    • Palladius: сяцзе (sjacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ gaai³
    • Yale: hah gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kaːi̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 下界

1. nether world
2. (mathematics) lower bound

Antonyms

• 上界 (shàngjiè)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	界
げ Grade: 1	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

下(げ)界(かい) • (gekai) 

1. nether world
2. (mathematics) lower bound