天界

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (天界)		天	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gaai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-kie
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjiè
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chieh⁴
  - Yale: tyān-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjieh
  - Palladius: тяньцзе (tjanʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    天戒
    天界
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ gaai³
  - Yale: tīn gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-kie
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ gie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ gie⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-kài
  - Tâi-lô: thian-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kai²¹/

Noun

天界

heaven (the abode of God or the gods)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “天界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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