眼界

眼界

Chinese

		eye	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (眼界)		眼	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ gaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-kie / ngián-kiai
• Min Nan (POJ): gán-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎnjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjieh
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gaai³
    • Yale: ngáahn gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ gai³
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːn¹³ käːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien` gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian<sup>3</sup> gie<sup>4</sup>
    • IPA: /ɲi̯en³¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kiai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian` giai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ giai⁴
    • IPA: /ɲi̯an³¹ ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kài
    • Tâi-lô: gán-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ²¹/

Noun

眼界

1. (literally, figuratively) field of vision; scope; horizon; ken

   讀完這本書真的令我打開眼界。 [MSC, trad.]
   读完这本书真的令我打开眼界。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dú wán zhè běn shū zhēnde lìng wǒ dǎkāi yǎnjiè. [Pinyin]

   Reading this book really widened my horizon.

Derived terms

大開眼界／大开眼界

開眼界／开眼界