境界

Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (境界)		境	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² gaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kin-kie
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-kài

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging² gaai³
    • Yale: gíng gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ kaːi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 境界 警戒

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin⁴ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 境界

1. boundary
2. realm; state; extent reached

   沒想到短短一個月，他的廚藝竟然已進步到這個境界！ [MSC, trad.]
   没想到短短一个月，他的厨艺竟然已进步到这个境界！ [MSC, simp.]

   Méi xiǎngdào duǎnduǎn yīge yuè, tā de chúyì jìngrán yǐ jìnbù dào zhège jìngjiè! [Pinyin]

   Who would have thought that in a short little month, his cooking would have improved to this extent!

Related terms

• 境地 (jìngdì)
• 意境 (yìjìng)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	界
きょう Grade: 5	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

境(きょう)界(かい) • (kyōkai) 

1. boundary (of two lands etc.)