界限

Chinese

		boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (界限)		界	限
anagram		限界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ haan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie-han / kiai-han
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kài-hān / kài-hǎn / kài-ān

(Teochew, Peng'im): gai³ hang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jièxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jièsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: jyè-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehshiann
  - Palladius: цзесянь (czesjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    界線／界线
    界限
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai³ haan⁶
  - Yale: gaai haahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ haan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai³ han⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ haːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-han
  - Hakka Romanization System: gie han
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ han⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ han⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai-han
  - Hakka Romanization System: giai han
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giai⁴ han⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵ han⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-hān
  - Tâi-lô: kài-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kae'han
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ han²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ han³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ han³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-hǎn
  - Tâi-lô: kài-hǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-ān
  - Tâi-lô: kài-ān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kae'an
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ an²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gai³ hang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài hăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ haŋ³⁵/

Noun

界限

(literally) boundary; limit; divide; scope
(figuratively) limit; limitation

Synonyms

(boundary):

分野 (fēnyě)
地界 (dìjiè)
界線／界线 (jièxiàn)
畛域 (zhěnyù) (literary)
痕敦 (Hokkien)

(limit):

底線／底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
節限／节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
限制 (xiànzhì)
限度 (xiàndù)
雷池 (léichí) (figurative)

Derived terms

界限街 (Jièxiàn Jiē)

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