三千世界

Chinese

		three	thousand	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (三千世界)		三	千	世	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānqiān shìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānqiān shìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sancian shìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻien¹ shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: sān-chyān shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchian shyhjieh
    • Palladius: саньцянь шицзе (sanʹcjanʹ šicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sam|samH tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	三	三	千	世	界
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV	III	II
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	sam	samH	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇiH/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæiH/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiajH/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛiH/	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	cin1	sai3	gaai3

Noun

三千世界

1. (Buddhism) Abbreviation of 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè).

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].