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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gán-kài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngang² gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnjiè
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-chieh⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanjieh
  - Palladius: яньцзе (janʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ gaai³
  - Yale: ngáahn gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ kaːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-kie
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien` gie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ gie⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-kiai
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian` giai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ giai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-kài
  - Tâi-lô: gán-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngang² gai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng kài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kai²¹³/

Noun

眼界

(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.

Synonyms

慧眼 (huìyǎn)
目光 (mùguāng)
目力 (mùlì) (literary)
目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
目識／目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
目頭／目头 (Hokkien)
眼光 (yǎnguāng)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
觀察力／观察力 (guānchálì)
識別力／识别力 (shíbiélì)
鑒賞力／鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

Derived terms

大開眼界／大开眼界 (dàkāiyǎnjiè)
開眼界／开眼界

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