自然界

Chinese

		nature; the natural world; natural nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (自然界)		自然	界
simp. ^#(自然界)		自然	界

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 自(し)然(ぜん)界(かい) (shizenkai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìránjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chū-liân-kài / chīr-liân-kài / chū-jiân-kài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìránjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhránjiè
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-jan²-chieh⁴
  - Yale: dz̀-rán-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhranjieh
  - Palladius: цзыжаньцзе (czyžanʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - Yale: jih yìhn gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yin⁴ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ kaːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-liân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlienkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-liân-kài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jiân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jiân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjienkaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³⁻³³ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɛn¹³⁻²² kai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ jiâng kài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kai²¹³/

Noun

自然界

the natural world; nature

Synonyms

自然 (zìrán)