四界

Chinese

		four	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (四界)		四	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ gaai³
• Jin (Wiktionary): si³ jie³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kòe / sì-kè / siak-kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjieh
    • Palladius: сыцзе (sycze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ gaai³
    • Yale: sei gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kaːi̯³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: si³ jie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'koex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kue²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² kue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ kue¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kè
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: siak-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakkoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kue⁴¹/

Adverb

四界

1. (Southern Min) everywhere; all over; all over the place

   • 四界置探聽叨位有妳的消息 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     四界置探听叨位有你的消息 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2007, 我問天 (I Ask Heaven), performed by 翁立友 (Weng Li-you)

     sì-kè tì thàm-thiaⁿ tó-ūi ū lí ê siau-sit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I inquired everywhere for news on where you were

Synonyms

• 一世界 (⁷iq-sy-ka) (Wu)
• 一四界 (Hokkien)
• 七處／七处 (chék-ché̤ṳ) (Eastern Min)
• 五路 (Hokkien)
• 到處／到处 (dàochù)
• 各處／各处 (gèchù) (literary)
• 四勢／四势 (sí-sié) (Eastern Min)
• 四圍／四围 (sei³ wai⁴) (Cantonese)
• 四處／四处 (sìchù)
• 四路裡／四路里 (si⁴ lou⁵ li) (Xiang)
• 在在 (zàizài)
• 堪哪裡／堪哪里 (kon¹ la li) (Gan)
• 大母四公界 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 大母四界 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 度度 (dou⁶ dou⁶) (Cantonese)
• 往往 (wǎngwǎng) (literary)
• 比比 (bǐbǐ)
• 滿四界／满四界 (Hokkien)
• 滿塊／满块 (Teochew)
• 滿底塊／满底块 (Teochew)
• 處處／处处 (chùchù)
• 逐搭 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 遍地
• 遍處／遍处 (biànchù)
• 隨處／随处 (suíchù)

 

Derived terms

• 四界趖
• 四界遨
• 滿四界／满四界

 

Noun

四界

1. (literary) boundary
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) field; farmland
3. (Buddhism) the four primary elements

Synonyms

• (boundary): 邊界／边界 (biānjiè), 藩籬／藩篱 (fānlí)
• (farmland):

• 田 (tián)
• 田園／田园 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 田土 (tiántǔ) (regional)
• 田地 (tiándì)
• 耕地 (gēngdì)
• 莊稼地／庄稼地 (zhuāngjiadì)
• 農田／农田 (nóngtián)

 

References

• “Entry #1506”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.