小千世界

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	thousand	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (小千世界)		小	千	世	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎo qiān shìjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo qiān shìjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo cian shìhjiè
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³ chʻien¹ shih⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: syǎu chyān shr̀-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau chian shyhjieh
  - Palladius: сяо цянь шицзе (sjao cjanʹ šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sjewX tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	小	千	世	界
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV	III	II
Fanqie	私兆切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	sjewX	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu^X/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^X/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^X/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^X/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiaj^H/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/siɛu^X/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^X/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^X/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu²	cin¹	sai³	gaai³

Noun

小千世界

(Buddhism) a first-order chiliocosm (a collection of a thousand worlds).

See also

中千世界 (zhōng qiān shìjiè)
大千世界 (dàqiānshìjiè)
三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “小千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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