環境

See also: 环境

Chinese

		bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround bracelet; ring (not for finger); to surround; to loop; loop	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
trad. (環境)		環	境
simp. (环境)		环	境

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ ging²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fàn-kín

(Hailu, HRS): fan gin^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): fan² gin⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): kuàng-gīng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kuang² ging³ / kuong² ging³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khoân-kéng / hoân-kéng

(Teochew, Peng'im): huêng⁵ gêng² / huang⁵ gêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gue-cin₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huánjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huánjìng
  - Wade–Giles: huan²-ching⁴
  - Yale: hwán-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanjinq
  - Palladius: хуаньцзин (xuanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁴ ging²
  - Yale: wàahn gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ kɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn-kín
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˇ gin^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan² gin³
  - Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹ kin³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan gin^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵ kin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fan² gin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹ kin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuàng-gīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(k-)ŋiŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kuang² ging³ [Phonetic: kuang⁵ ging³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kuáng-gîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ¹³⁻¹¹ kiŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kuong² ging³ [Phonetic: kuong⁵ ging³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kiŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: khuân-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoankeang
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuan¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: huân-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoankeang
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /huan²⁴⁻¹² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huêng⁵ gêng² / huang⁵ gêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huêng kéng / huâng kéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ keŋ⁵²/, /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ keŋ⁵²/

Note:

huêng5 gêng2 - Chaozhou;
huang5 gêng2 - Shantou, Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gue-cin₅
  - MiniDict: gue^去 cin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gue-jin₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

環境

environment (place in which people, animals and plants live); surroundings (Classifier: 個／个 m)
保護環境／保护环境 ― bǎohù huánjìng ― to protect the environment

環境惡化／环境恶化 ― huánjìng èhuà ― environmental degradation

海洋環境／海洋环境 ― hǎiyáng huánjìng ― marine environment

淨化環境／净化环境 ― jìnghuà huánjìng ― to clean up the environment
environment (setting or conditions in which an activity is carried out)
學習環境／学习环境 ― xuéxí huánjìng ― learning environment

失重環境／失重环境 ― shīzhòng huánjìng ― weightless environment
circumstances; context
文化環境／文化环境 ― wénhuà huánjìng ― cultural context

Derived terms

Related terms

生態／生态 (shēngtài)

References

“環境”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
環	境
かん Grade: S	きょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんきょー [kàńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

環(かん)境(きょう) • (kankyō)

environment, surroundings
- 2013 May 10, 上野通子, quotee, “第183回国会　参議院　東日本大震災復興特別委員会　第5号　平成25年5月10日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:
  ですが、やはり仮設校舎は仮設校舎であって、子供たちの学習する環境としては厳しい状況でした。
  Desu ga, yahari kasetsu kōsha wa kasetsu kōsha de atte, kodomo-tachi no gakushū suru kankyō toshite wa kibishii jōkyō deshita.
  However, temporary school buildings are still temporary school buildings, and the learning environment for the children was still quite challenging.
the natural environment

References

“環境”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
環	境

Noun

環境 • (hwan'gyeong) (hangeul 환경)

hanja form^? of 환경 (“environment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
環	境

Noun

環境

chữ Hán form of hoàn cảnh (“environment”)