四界

四界

Chinese

		four	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (四界)		四	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ gaai³
• Min Nan (POJ): sì-kòe / sì-kè / siak-kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjieh
    • Palladius: сыцзе (sycze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ gaai³
    • Yale: sei gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kaːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'koex
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴² kue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹⁻⁵³ kue¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ kue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kè
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: siak-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakkoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kue⁴¹/

Adverb

四界

1. (Min Nan) everywhere; all over; all over the place

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 四界

一世界 (Wu) 一四界 (Min Nan) 五路 (Min Nan) 四界 (Min Nan) 在在 (zàizài) 大母四公界 (Min Nan) 大母四界 (Min Nan) 度度 (Cantonese) 往往 (wǎngwǎng) (literary) 比比 (bǐbǐ) 逐搭 (Min Nan) 遍地 (biàndì) 七處／七处 (Min Dong)

到處／到处 (dàochù) 各處／各处 (gèchù) (literary) 四勢／四势 (Min Dong) 四圍／四围 (sìwéi) (Cantonese) 四處／四处 (sìchù) 四路裡／四路里 (Xiang) 堪哪裡／堪哪里 (Gan) 滿四界／满四界 (Min Nan) 滿塊／满块 (Teochew) 滿底塊／满底块 (Teochew) 處處／处处 (chùchù) 遍處／遍处 (biànchù) 隨處／随处 (suíchù)

Derived terms

四界趖 四界遨

滿四界／满四界

Noun

四界

1. (literary) boundary
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) field; farmland
3. (Buddhism) the four primary elements

Synonyms

• (boundary): 邊界／边界 (biānjiè), 藩籬／藩篱 (fānlí)
• (farmland):

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四界 (Min Nan) 田 (tián) 田土 (tiántǔ) (regional) 田地 (tiándì)

耕地 (gēngdì) 田園 (Min Nan) 莊稼地／庄稼地 (zhuāngjiadì) 農田／农田 (nóngtián)

References

• “Entry #1506”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.